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Joshua HeavinFeatured

Pragmatism and the Practice of Theology

By Joshua Heavin Several decades ago, missiologist Lesslie Newbigin wrote about our impulse towards pragmatism in the post-Christendom West: In discussions about the contemporary mission of the Church it is often said that the Church ought to address itself to […]

Susannah Black RobertsFeatured

Sealed in Blood: Aristopopulism and the City of Man

Political life begins in desire--desire for a certain sort of life for a beloved place. And the means we use to pursue that life follow from those desires.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Apologies, Power, and Martyrdom in a Decadent Age

It is clear that mainstream conservatism is a moral abyss. But why is that? One reason: Many of its leaders can imagine nothing worse than losing power.

Caleb Wait

All That's Good: Recovering The Lost Art of Discernment, with Hannah Anderson

How do we find ‘the good’ in a world of bad hot takes? Here to help the crew pan for gold is Hannah Anderson. She joins Andrew, Alastair, and Derek to discuss her new book, All That’s Good: Recovering The […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism

The Surprising Humanity of the Westminster Confession

Though reformed Christians are not often the ones we turn to for spiritual guidance, their confessions show that the tradition has great devotional depth.

Tim MiloschPoliticsFeatured

Finding Wisdom in the House of Mourning

By Tim Milosch There is deep significance in how a society treats its dead. If history is to be considered, state funerals have played a significant role in public life. Western history and thought has found some of its most […]

Thomas SieberhagenFeatured

Tolkien and the Golden Age of Fantasy

The golden age features authors faithfully in the tradition of Tolkien, others rejecting that tradition, and others with more ambiguous relationships to it.

Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured

Neonatal Euthanasia in the New York Times

Jen Gunter's story of the death of her 22-week-old child sums up everything that is tragic and terrible in the abortion debates.

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism

Will Complementarianism Die with the Baby Boomers?

The complementarian movement may not outlast its founding generation, but the underlying issues it attempted to address have not gone anywhere.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Ben Sasse Heightens the Contradictions

Much of Ben Sasse's work has been dedicated to preserving principled liberalism. But the failure of his recent bill shows why that may not be possible.

Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

Finding Holy In The Suburbs, with Dr. Ashley Hales

How do Christians live faithfully in the land of too much (i.e., the suburbs)? Here to help answer this question is Dr. Ashley Hales. Dr. Hales joins Matt, Derek,

Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics

In Defense of Localism

Contrary to the claims of its critics, the American localist tradition cannot be reasonably reduced down to a vehicle of white identity politics.