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Tyler HummelCurrent Politics

Last of the Middlebrow Protestants

Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush represent a failed form of American Protestantism, but one that sought to reckon seriously with personal faith.

Brad EastBook Reviews

A Future Worthy of Life: Houellebecq, Decadence, and Sacraments

When one loses faith in God and faith in oneself, one loses faith in the future too.

Jake MeadorOnline WritingFormation

The Opining Life

If the one necessary thing is to contemplate God and prepare to meet him, how would that affect the way we write or think in public?

Jake MeadorReading

Bible and Theology Reading Plans for 2025

Plan your Bible and theology reading for this year with these reading plans.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalism

Best of 2024: Reflections on the Evangelical Fracturing, Ten Years In

The reformed charismatic church planting network Acts 29 serves as a model for the evangelical fracturing and can offer us many valuable lessons.

Jake MeadorEvangelism

Best of 2024: The Evangelistic Shift

Something has shifted regarding which social groups seem more open to Christian faith. What drove that shift and how should we respond as Christians?

Brady BowmanWorkTechnology

Best of 2024: What If There Is No Such Thing as 'Biblical' Productivity?

You don't need a Bible verse to teach you how to get stuff done or justify your strategy for getting stuff done.

Samuel C HeardTechnologyHealth & Medicine

Best of 2024: The Rise of Hyperpleasures

Hyperpleasures are strong dopamine hits that overwhelm the brain. They are an existential problem for people seeking to follow Jesus... or just be human.

Jake Meador

The Last Ten Years and the Next Ten

We're building the preemminent Protestant ideas magazine. Will you join us?

Wyatt GrahamInstitutionsBibleCurrent Politics

Best Of 2024: Institution Building Requires Virtue

Any institution worth building must be founded on virtue.

Andrew ArndtChurchFormation

A Christmas Sermon

A Christmas sermon from Andrew Arndt, pastor of New Life East in Colorado Springs, CO

Patrick MillerChurchCulture WarEvangelism

Best of 2024: What Happened When My Church Encountered Negative World

Christian love and showing grace to our enemies isn't a 'strategy' that can go out of date. It's simply what biblical fidelity requires.