The Archive
Seth TrouttGender
A healthy account of masculinity has to emphasize humility, discipline, responsibility, and strength.
Joshua HeavinFeaturedChurchEvangelicalismFormation
In recent years it has become increasingly popular for churches of differing sizes, locations, and denominational traditions to make use of consultant services to find new ministers and staff for Christian institutions. If you browse the denominational job boards of […]
Ana SiljakTechnology
Whatever we create will be subject to error and entropy. And deifying imperfection and impermanence simply, and inevitably, leads to disappointment.
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Misshapen desires are self-defeating, and so will eventually bring us to tears.
Stiven PeterEvangelicalismCulture WarBook Reviews
The Great Dechurching isn't primarily driven by the culture war. It's driven by the radical absence of the church in the day to day lives of people.
John SheltonTheology
Gregory of Nazianzus warned us centuries ago that the study of theology is not for everyone. Recent trends in academic theology are proving him right.
Susannah Black RobertsHistoryLiterature
The world that vitalists nostalgic for the Bronze Age wish to recover was waiting for something: longing for something more than a brief, passing glory.
Jake MeadorHistoryChurch
The problems facing the church at the dawn of America's fourth republic are unlike those that have confronted her at earlier moments in American history.
William E. Boyce and K. J. DrakeBibleFeaturedChurch
Do pew Bibles matter? Churches of all styles have had to ask this question in recent years. The increase of church plants using secular spaces for worship means that church planters must contemplate the extra weight, hassle, and expense of […]
John SheltonFeaturedCurrent Politics
“Nothing is possible without men, But nothing lasts without institutions.” — Jean Monnet[1] Christians interested in public intellectual engagement often ask: “who is the next C.S. Lewis? Who is the next Reinhold Niebuhr?” While the words and ideas of both […]
Brad EastFeaturedEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
Christendom is the name we give to Christian civilization, when society, culture, law, art, family, politics, and worship are saturated by the church’s influence and informed by its authority. Christendom traces its beginnings to the fourth century after Christ; it […]
T. M. SuffieldFeatured
Social media makes us unhappy. Or, more precisely, social media increases unhappiness for many of us. I spend a lot of time interacting with University students, many of whom are becoming aware that their use of social media is bad […]