The Archive

Every essay.

Phil CotnoirCulture

Buildings That Preach: The 2025 World Building of the Year and the Crisis of Beauty

Why should we care that one of the world's ugliest churches just won a major architectural award? There are several reasons.

Andrew BarberCultureFilm Reviews/Hollywood

A Farewell to Cinema from a Christian Who Loves It

There was a time when film was a window into broader cultural conversations, even a form of common life. But that world has disappeared.

E. J. HutchinsonPoetry

1 Corinthians 13:1, 6

A poetic reflection on Paul's discourse on love

Michael PorterChurchHealth & MedicineFormation

The Church, the Medical Profession, and Applied Ethics

Because we have lost the idea of medicine as a profession we have lost a clear idea of what medicine is actually for.

James DrimallaEducationFormation

A Prayer for the Teaching of Mathematics

Mathematical learning environments that are characterized by unconditional love serve as a signpost pointing towards God’s kingdom of peace.

Derek KingCultureFilm Reviews/Hollywood

We Need a Warrior: Reflections on Revelation and Wake Up Dead Man

'Wake Up Dead Man' presents viewers with two competing accounts of strength, both of which can be found in Christian churches and social circles.

Nadya WilliamsFamilyChurch

Complementarianism and the Dignity of Women

The idea that men and women are different was obvious to the ancient world. That they were different yet equal was not.

Daniel K. WilliamsBook Reviews

The Emptiness of Atheism for a Romantic Idealist

Beha's book is a moving account of how a romantic materialist might embrace Christianity, but it is too dismissive of other approaches to belief.

Elizabeth SticeBook Reviews

The Myth of the American West

Whether or not readers agree with Nelson's interpretation of the American Dream, many will find the people in this book worth reading about.

Kirsten SandersBook ReviewsThe Magpie

The Magpie 5: Deep in Some New World

Peter Harrison's 'Some New World' is everything you might hope for in the best of academic history.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Recovering the Virtues in This Age of Vice: Four New Books

Four recent books on virtue offer a path toward moral health and rootedness in a time when vices proliferate at the speed of technological innovation.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Reading the Bible with Ten Church Fathers: An Interview with Gerald Bray

If we will attend to their wisdom, the Church Fathers can help us become more careful and engaged readers of Scripture.