The Archive

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Kirsten SandersBook ReviewsThe Magpie

The Magpie 5: Deep in Some New World

Peter Harrison's 'Some New World' is everything you might hope for in the best of academic history.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Recovering the Virtues in This Age of Vice: Four New Books

Four recent books on virtue offer a path toward moral health and rootedness in a time when vices proliferate at the speed of technological innovation.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Reading the Bible with Ten Church Fathers: An Interview with Gerald Bray

If we will attend to their wisdom, the Church Fathers can help us become more careful and engaged readers of Scripture.

Joshua HeavinBook ReviewsThe Heron

The Heron #1: New Theology Books in 2026

Josh Heavin's new theology books column previews new books from Katherine Sonderegger, Matthew Arbo, Christopher Mooney, Denise Flanders, and David Moffitt

Drake OsbornTechnology

Understanding Why LLMs are Sychophantic

The way in which an LLM presents as a conversational partner, even a person, inherently blurs certain lines for the human user.

Jake MeadorCultureFormation

Some Things Shouldn't Be Made Into a Joke

Anyone who attempts to dismiss or normalize violating the first table of God's ten commandments will damn themselves if they do not repent.

Jared KennedyChurchFormation

Keep the Christian Calendar, but Keep It Under the Word

The church calendar can be a powerful tool for cultivating piety individually and ecclesially, but it must be kept beneath the Word to do its work best.

Gray EwingFormation

No Eulogy Virtues Without Repentance: A Meditation from Belfast

It is not enough to simply stop doing wrong things and move on from past evils. There must be repentance, a naming of the sins we are turning away from.

To Live Well: Alan Noble

An event for building the character that can move through chaotic times. Alan Noble, author and professor, guides readers through the seven virtues of prudence, justice, temperance, wisdom, faith, hope,

Allen D. HertzkeBook Reviews

Why Religious Freedom Matters

Over time, the fusion of faith with political power traduces the credibility of co-opted religious leaders and saps the vitality of religious commitments.

Joshua HeavinTheology

How the Word of Easter Kills and Raises Up

In the Eucharist we receive from God the very thing Mary was looking for when she came to the garden on Easter Sunday morning.

Kyle WorleyFamilyTheology

The Heidelberg Catechism's Lesson for Foster Parents

We do not belong to ourselves, but to God--so says the Heidelberg Catechism. What is true of us is also true of our children, both biological and foster.