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Sahr MbriwaFeaturedEvangelicalismFormation

An Unbelieving Church

Author and psychiatrist, Curt Thompson, once remarked “we become what we pay attention to.” Reformulated as a question, it becomes arguably the guiding question we need today, namely who are you becoming? In a time of political crisis and social […]

Casey ChalkFeatured

Cultivating a Christian Imagination in a Pornographic Age

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God,” declared Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:8). It’s interesting that Christ directly associates purity with the ability to perceive God, and, as many interpreters argue, the […]

Kirsten SandersFeaturedEducation

On Unlearning

Come now, O Lord my God. Teach my heart where and how to seek you, where and how to find you. Lord, if you are not here, where shall I seek you, since you are absent? But if you are […]

Elizabeth SticeFeaturedHistoryCurrent Politics

Reading "In Praise of Folly" in 2020

The 16th century writer and reformer Erasmus of Rotterdam has much to teach us in our own moment of cultural fragmentation.

Jessica JoustraFeatured

Book Review: Bavinck: A Critical Biography by James Eglinton

It is no surprise that such a remarkable biography comes from the desk of James Eglinton, who has already established himself as a leading voice in Bavinck studies. In his first book, Trinity and Organism, Eglinton set a new course […]

Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

'Hearers and Doers,' with Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer

In the Christian Life, there is often a disconnect between our hearing and confessing and our doing. In light of this perennial problem, Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer joins Matt, Alastair, and

Gerald J. RusselloFeaturedCurrent Politics

A Catholic Judge in a Post-Liberal Age

Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the United States Supreme Court has once again raised the question of the role of Catholicism in American public life. Catholic judges are often in the position. But in interesting ways, she may represent […]

Anthony BarrFeaturedEconomics and Business

It's Not the Economy: Big Tech, Anti-Trust, & the Future of Political Liberalism

The primary problems Big Tech creates are not primarily economic, but political. As such, anti-trust measures only brush against the main issue.

Vika PecherskyFeaturedCurrent Politics

This Gruesome Guest

Nihilism is at our door: whence comes this most gruesome of all guests to us? —Friedrich Nietzsche[1] If nihilism devalues even the highest of values, we can state with a fair amount of certainty that we are living in it […]

Matthew LaPineFeaturedembodimentAnthropology

The Logic of the Body

A Thomistic psychology will help us understand the complex relationship between our bodies and our emotions, helping us know how to aid wounded people.

Stephen G. AdubatoFeaturedCurrent Politics

J. Cole’s "For Your Eyez Only" Gives Hope for Change Beyond Elections

In my lessons on Christianity and social justice, I always feature clips from J. Cole’s 2017 HBO documentary For Your Eyez Only. The film, directed by Cole and Scott Lazer, features interviews with residents of small black cities throughout the […]

Rebekah CurtisFeaturedHistoryDemographicsCurrent Politics

Honor Thy Boomer

Boomers have had all the luck of cod in a cask in recent generational warfare. Lyman Stone declared at The Atlantic that “The Boomers Ruined Everything.” Joseph Sternberg accuses the Boomer bloc of The Theft of a Decade, stealing Millenials’ […]