The Archive
Jake MeadorBooks
Both of these things are true: I have spent my entire life in the church. I didn’t really know the traditional view of the doctrine of God until the last couple of years.
Matthew Loftus
D.L. Mayfield reflects on a recent podcast on missionaries that unfortunately gets stuck in the swamp of mockery and criticism without love.
Jake Meador
Jonathan Leeman's new book has much practical wisdom, but the underlying political imagination leaves something to be desired.
Jake Meador
Hospitality is place-making with the goal of serving others. Creating a place like that requires patience, time, and cultivating a number of skills.
Matthew LoftusPoliticsFeatured
The new synthetic morality fails precisely because it offers no account of personal formation, no means of shaping an individual person toward virtue.
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
Using an EMR while talking to patients is like texting while driving. There's got to be a better way.
Matthew Lee Anderson
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat joins Derek and Matt to discuss his new book, To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism. Douthat’s excellent new book explores the legacy of Pope Francis and the crisis within the Roman Catholic […]
Tessa CarmanBooks
Plough's new anthology of Easter stories ably captures both the beauty of Easter and the surprising, even shocking, fact of Christ's resurrection.
Aaron RennFeaturedEvangelicalism
Peterson's appeal is rooted in his adherence to traditional folk wisdom during an age when many, including evangelicals, have abandoned it.
Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics
Yesterday Kevin Williamson’s extremely short time at The Atlantic came to an abrupt end. There’s been no shortage of angst about it amongst conservatives and, thus, no shortage of panicky responses from the right and “he deserved it,” pieces from the […]
Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics
The concerns of those who marched aren't trivial. Our response should not be glib dismissal. But we also have other responsibilities when we speak or march.
Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity
J. Todd Billings is one of our favorite guests. He's the author of many books, including the excellent Rejoicing in Lament. His most recent book, Remembrance, Communion, and