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Vika PecherskyBook ReviewsFormation

The Miracle of Communion: to Know and to Love as God

'The Brothers Karamazov' shows a moment in which two people encounter each other not as objects of conquest but as beloved subjects and common persons.

Alan NobleBook Reviews

To Live Well: Bonus Question and Answer

Our interview with Alan Noble went long, so we are sharing some bonus Q and A that Noble did over email following the interview.

Joseph MinichBook Reviews

Whose Time? Whose World?

Rosa's latest book continues his probing investigation into 'modernity.' But it is unclear if Rosa's theory of resonance can do all that needs to be done.

Edward SongCulture

Why Are There So Many Billionaires?

No one would choose the world we have if they didn’t know their place in society ahead of time; nor is ours a world one that the Bible would consider just.

Jonathan ClarkBook Reviews

The Forgotten Evangelicals of Colorado Springs

'Jesus Springs' is mostly fair and accurate in its treatment of evangelicalism in Colorado Springs, though it misses the diversity of the movement.

Susan Bruxvoort LipscombCultureBook Reviews

'Institutional Poverty' in Charles Dickens and Barbara Kingsolver

Though modeled after Dickens's 'David Copperfield' Kingsolver's 'Demon Copperhead' is different in several significant and deeply American ways.

Stephen WilliamsFormation

12 Theses on Fasting and Feasting

Being able to distinguish between different fasts and disciplines and practice them well can help us to grow in our piety and Christian maturity.

Chase KrugFamilyFormation

A 'Personless' Purity Isn't Pure At All

Marriage is not a container in which lust, if directed only at one's spouse, becomes moral. Chastity means refusing to reduce anyone to a sexual object.

Brianna LambertBook ReviewsFormation

The Beholders

An excerpt from Brianna Lambert's new book 'Created to Play'

Mere Fidelity

Virtues For Living Well with Dr. Alan Noble

Derek Rishmawy 00:00:00.160 - 00:00:47.230 This episode is brought to you by Lexham Press, who publishes books that love the word, love the faith,

Andrew SpencerCultureTechnology

Common Life After Social Collapse

Smaje's 'Finding Light in a Dark Age' is a realistic and frank assessment of what might be required of us collectively by broad social collapse.

Nadya WilliamsFamily

Motherhood is Fun

We were not meant to do life alone. And doing life together with these small people God entrusts to us for a time is a true and beautiful gift.