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Jake MeadorBooks

New Davenant release: God of Our Fathers

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

"I can’t work for justice and righteousness if I don’t have love in my heart."

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

Two Questions After Reading Jonathan Leeman's "How the Nations Rage"

Jonathan Leeman's new book has much practical wisdom, but the underlying political imagination leaves something to be desired.

Jake Meador

Hospitality requires skill.

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

Stay Woke, Cultivate Virtue

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

let's stop asking doctors to text while driving

Using an EMR while talking to patients is like texting while driving. There's got to be a better way.

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: Ross Douthat, on 'To Change the Church'

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

Book Review: Easter Stories: Classic Tales for the Holy Season

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

Jordan Peterson's Folk Wisdom

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

3 Notes on the Kevin Willamson Firing

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

Why I Didn't March in the March for Our Lives

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

Mere Fidelity: The Value of Heaven

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