The Archive

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Nadya WilliamsCurrent Politics

The After Virtue Cabinet

Recovering the notion that 'moral turpitude' disqualifies one from public office would go some way toward restoring the integrity of our political system.

Jake MeadorChurchFormation

Constructing Toward Catholicity

I've known many people who left one evangelical church and found another, or who simply leave altogether. I have known few who leave and find catholicity.

Cameron ShafferChurchSacraments

You Must Be Baptized to Receive the Lord's Supper

If you have not been baptized, you have not been received into the church and, therefore, you should not partake of the church's meal.

Phil CotnoirBook Reviews

Navigating Reenchantment

'Living in Wonder' is a welcome guide for readers escaping materialism, but its one-sided account of Protestantism will chase off many who need to read it.

Terence SweeneyBook Reviews

A Mirror for the Princes of Today

In pre-modern days philosopher wrote moral guides for princes. Michael Wear's recent book fills a similar role for contemporary politicians and voters.

Stiven PeterBook Reviews

In the Era of the Judges

Aaron Renn's negative world thesis isn't about life in Babylon, but life in the time of the Judges.

Jake MeadorChurchEvangelicalism

Evangelical Catholicity and American Church Futures

If the American church is to take advantage of the opportunities in front of us we will need to shift our ways of thinking about several key issues.

Jake MeadorPolitical Theology

Civic Republicanism and the Magisterial Reformation

The civic republican tradition is partially downstream of magisterial Protestantism, yet it is today largely forgotten by many.

Peter LeithartTheologyEconomics

Make Friends Using Mammon

Money is not meant for material ends, but for the aid and support of our neighbors.

Ross ByrdFilm Reviews/Hollywood

Disney's 'Wish': An Inverted Genie Story

Disney's 2023 movie 'Wish' is best understood as a kind of inversion of a classic genie story with a deeply materialistic outlook.

John AhernMusic

A Conversation About Psalm Singing with Brittany Hurd

John Ahern recently interviewed Brittany Hurd, creator of the YouTube Psalm-singing platform Canticlear.

Matt MillerLiberal ArtsWriting

Empty Words: Against Artificial Language

The shape of our language will in turn shape us. When we become comfortable with the crude and banal, we ourselves become crude and banal.