The Archive

Every essay.

Alexander C. ThermenosIdentitySexuality

Do You Know What an Identity Is?

A great deal of contemporary confusion around issues of 'identity' is caused by the fact that everyone means something different when they talk about it.

Jake MeadorPolitical TheologyCurrent Politics

Reading Benedict XVI Eight Days Before an Election

Benedict XVI's treatment of liberation theology, first written in 1984, remains deeply relevant to us today.

Tyler HummelTheologySacraments

Reexamining Sacramental Life for Baptists and Evangelicals

Too much of American evangelicalism functions as if the sacraments make no difference whatever to the life of Christians or churches.

David MooreBook Reviews

Finishing What Jonathan Edwards Started

David Moore sits down to talk with Gerald McDermott about his latest book, 'A New History of Redemption.'

Jake MeadorFormation

You Must Never Wish for Another Life

Desiring a better live or place somewhere else will only impoverish your home place and rob you of the joys that are rightly yours as a follow of Jesus.

Ross ByrdFormation

There but for the Grace of God Go I

On 'Moral Failings' and the Meaning of Grace

Matthew Lee AndersonBook Reviews

The Quality of God's Mercy

Matthew Lee Anderson reviews the new book 'The Widening of God's Mercy' by Richard and Christopher Hays.

Jake MeadorWriting

Substack and the Formation of Writers

Substack has provided economic support to struggling writers, but the broader shifts it has brought to the writing economy might be less good.

Scott HurstFormation

Why, My Soul, Are You Dejected?

The causes of spiritual despair are many, but God always has a purpose for us in our suffering.

Brad LittlejohnPolitical Theory

Rediscovering Political Authority in an Age of Expertise

The confusion of authority and expertise, with the simplistic accounts of authority such a confusion implies, lies near the heart of our political chaos.

Alan NobleEducation

I Was Homeschooled and Turned Out Fine

Homeschooling isn't for everyone, but for many people it's an excellent way to give their child an education that fits that child's needs and strengths.

Miles SmithCurrent PoliticsFormation

Perdition

American evangelicals have lost all sense of the 'tragic' and the movement is being consumed as a result.