The Archive

Every essay.

Jake MeadorFormation

Do We Even Want Peace on Earth?

In a day of ever-growing partisan rage and enemy hatred, I wonder if we even want Jesus to come, the one who will bring peace to earth.

Bradley BlaylockEvangelism

Evangelizing the Heart

The greatest obstacles to Christian belief for many young Americans are not primarily cognitive or intellectual, but are existential instead.

Amy MantravadiHistory/Church History

The Reformation Moment Is Our Moment

Though our moment might feel uniquely complex and chaotic, history is full of examples of similarly uncertain and tumultuous eras.

Nicholas McDonaldFilm Reviews/Hollywood

The Nightmare Before Christmas Is About Disenchantment

Tim Burton's classic 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is best understood as a disenchantment and reenchantment story.

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 CotnoirBooks

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 SweeneyBooks

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 PeterBooks

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.