The Archive
Elizabeth SticeBook Reviews
The One and the Ninety-Nine rests on a 'simple' premise: 'Each of us is torn between belonging and differentiation; few ever learn to manage that tension.'
Hayden NesbitCulture
The concept of covenant offers a helpful way out of the narrative trap in which our culture is currently stuck.
Dave StrunkChurch
Effective church ministry exists on a spectrum of the ideal on one side and ‘what people will actually participate in’ on the other side.
Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews
Because writers take time to grow and develop, it's good that they have long runways. But in today's publishing world, the runways are shorter than ever.
Vika PecherskyBook ReviewsFormation
'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
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
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
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
'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
Though modeled after Dickens's 'David Copperfield' Kingsolver's 'Demon Copperhead' is different in several significant and deeply American ways.
Stephen WilliamsFormation
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
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.