The Archive

Every essay.

Jon HyattFormation

When the Trees Fall

How should Christians respond to the calamitous destruction caused by a hurricane?

Jake MeadorEvangelicalism

The Cramped Universality of Calvinistic Baptists

Sometimes history suggests certain critiques to us which, on further inspection, are actually contrived and simplistic, concealing more than they reveal.

Jake MeadorEvangelism

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?

Joshua HeavinFormation

A Holy Life

If you want to do something world-changing or radical for God, start with this: Live a holy life.

Kirsten SandersChurchFormation

Tending the Flame

The dominant metaphors we use to describe the Christian life should be creaturely and organic, not mechanistic.

Jake MeadorChurch

A Tale of Three Pastors

While it is true that the American church must get more serious about anti-corruption efforts, it is also true that many quietly faithful pastors remain.

Drake OsbornChurch

When the New York Times Visited Our Church

Why would an ordinary evangelical congregation in central Texas open their doors to host the New York Times for a feature?

Josh PaulingTechnology

Terminal Velocity is Digital Velocity: How Information Immediacy Distorts Scale, Time, and Pace

We have reached terminal velocity for information—and the results are that our own sense of the material and our own finitude has been eroded and weakened.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalism

The Society of St Anne's and the Work of Repair

Most Americans now live in what Paul Kingsnorth has called 'the void.' While devastatingly sad, it also suggests a wonderful opportunity for the church.

Jake MeadorHistoryCurrent Politics

The False Promise of Disenchantment

The promise and hope that came with early forms of disenchantment have given way to a sense of despair.

Jake MeadorTechnology

Information Glut and Bureaucracy

Societies with healthy, functional institutions have built-in models for sorting and filtering information. When those defenses fail, everyone suffers.

Paul FineHistoryCurrent Politics

The “New” Christian Nationalism

A survey of post-war American Christian nationalism suggests that that era's cultural Christianity quickly gave way to vague spiritual-not-religiousism.