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Joel KurzPoetryJournalSpring 2025

Siloam

A poetic meditation on hurt and healing

Jake MeadorCultureJournalSpring 2025

Concerning Fr. Edmund Campion

The tragic story of the martyrdom of Fr Edmund Campion is a good place to begin in thinking about religious liberty.

Jake MeadorCultureJournalSpring 2025

Concerning Fr. Edmund Campion

The tragic story of the martyrdom of Fr Edmund Campion is a good place to begin in thinking about religious liberty.

Daniel K. WilliamsChurch

How John MacArthur Changed American Preaching

John MacArthur's approach to expository preaching was once uncommon, but through decades of consistency he helped reintroduce it to the American church.

Anthony ScholleCultureBook ReviewsFormationJournalSpring 2025

"Get Good at Being Gods": Entrepreneurialism and Idolatry

Erik Baker's history of entrepreneurialism is wide-ranging, sometimes too much so. But the moments of greatest clarity are memorable and pack a punch.

John EhrettCultureBook ReviewsJournalSpring 2025

Whose Fictions? Which Authority

Somewhat surprisingly, the biggest problem with Steven D. Smith's 'Fiction, Lies, and the Authority of Law' is that it isn't radical enough.

Joshua HeavinBibleBook ReviewsJournalSpring 2025

Learning from a Humble Theologian

Though his academic achievements are many, what is most remarkable about the life and work of Richard B. Gaffin is the spirit of humility that defines him.

Ian OlsonCultureJournalSpring 2025

Monsters and the Long Defeat

The modernist rejection of the monstrous has left us unequipped with the tools we need to comprehend and resist evil.

Jeff BilbroCultureBook ReviewsFormationJournalSpring 2025

A Love for Reading and Reading for Love

Understanding the unhealthy ways people have sometimes approached reading can help us better understand the technological temptations of our moments.

Matthew LaPineBook ReviewsFormationJournalSpring 2025

Suicide and Persevering in Love

Edith Hall's moving exploration of suicide in classical art is a striking but ultimately inadequate response to the problem of suicide.

Charlie ClarkCultureBook ReviewsGlobal

The Romance of Realism

Williamson Murray's history of modern warfare raises the uncomfortable question of whether there even is such a thing as 'just war' anymore.

Stu KernsChurchJournalSpring 2025

The Final Apologetic

The mark that proves that Jesus came from God the Father is Christian love. So why do often find that love so immensely challenging?