The Archive

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E. J. HutchinsonMusicTheologyChurch

O God, Creator of All Things: A Hymn of St Ambrose

Here you can read in English for the first time a translation of a hymn of St Ambrose's that was much loved by both St Augustine and Martin Luther.

Michael LuccheseCulture

Why Iconoclasm Will Fail

Force alone is insufficient as a basis for political life. Common life arises from common loves preserved by the rule of law, not imposed by tyrants.

Andrew HubbardTheology

No Other Means: An Advent Reflection

It is only because the immortal became mortal that we ourselves can become immortal. There is no other way. That is what we anticipate during Advent.

Elizabeth SticeBooks

Why History Matters

David McCullough's final work is a testament to the conviction that drove all his work—that history matters immensely and imparts wisdom to its students.

Drake OsbornTechnologyChurchFormation

What is Technology Good For?

We can and should distinguish between technologies that primarily preserve, technologies that primarily produce, and technologies that primarily form.

Nadya WilliamsFamilyTechnologyHealth & Medicine

Freebirth in an Age of Hospitals

The Free Birth Society is a dangerous reaction to the many ways that hospitals fail to care well for pregnant women.

Hayden NesbitBibleFormation

Resonance and the Psalms

The Psalms can offer a powerful window for helping us understand the shape of a good life in the world that does not seek to control the world.

Jared MichelsonTheologyFormation

How to Live a Hidden Life

Even now, Thomas still offers a stronger vision for personal significance and meaning than his modern detractors.

Katelyn Walls SheltonFamilyTheologyTechnologyFormation

Shaping Conscience on Issues where Scripture is Silent

One needn't adopt the position of the church fathers or Rome to recognize that Protestantism's acceptance of contraception came via shoddy reasoning.

Peter BilesTechnologyFormation

Should Everyone Write?

In an age of easily generated LLM 'writing' it is important to consider why exactly it is good for humans to write.

Nick AumillerCultureTechnologyFormation

Marketing as Stewardship

By applying Luther and Sayers's thought on vocation to the task of marketing we can arrive at a more principled and ethical approach to the discipline.

Jim WildemanFormation

Faith Like a Grain of a Mustard Seed

It is depressingly easy to lose sight of the joy of the Incarnation amidst our own comparatively trivial daily troubles.