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Derek KingCultureFilm Reviews/Hollywood

We Need a Warrior: Reflections on Revelation and Wake Up Dead Man

'Wake Up Dead Man' presents viewers with two competing accounts of strength, both of which can be found in Christian churches and social circles.

Nadya WilliamsFamilyChurch

Complementarianism and the Dignity of Women

The idea that men and women are different was obvious to the ancient world. That they were different yet equal was not.

Daniel K. WilliamsBook Reviews

The Emptiness of Atheism for a Romantic Idealist

Beha's book is a moving account of how a romantic materialist might embrace Christianity, but it is too dismissive of other approaches to belief.

Elizabeth SticeBook Reviews

The Myth of the American West

Whether or not readers agree with Nelson's interpretation of the American Dream, many will find the people in this book worth reading about.

Kirsten SandersBook ReviewsThe Magpie

The Magpie 5: Deep in Some New World

Peter Harrison's 'Some New World' is everything you might hope for in the best of academic history.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Recovering the Virtues in This Age of Vice: Four New Books

Four recent books on virtue offer a path toward moral health and rootedness in a time when vices proliferate at the speed of technological innovation.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Reading the Bible with Ten Church Fathers: An Interview with Gerald Bray

If we will attend to their wisdom, the Church Fathers can help us become more careful and engaged readers of Scripture.

Joshua HeavinBook ReviewsThe Heron

The Heron #1: New Theology Books in 2026

Josh Heavin's new theology books column previews new books from Katherine Sonderegger, Matthew Arbo, Christopher Mooney, Denise Flanders, and David Moffitt

Drake OsbornTechnology

Understanding Why LLMs are Sychophantic

The way in which an LLM presents as a conversational partner, even a person, inherently blurs certain lines for the human user.

Jake MeadorCultureFormation

Some Things Shouldn't Be Made Into a Joke

Anyone who attempts to dismiss or normalize violating the first table of God's ten commandments will damn themselves if they do not repent.

Jared KennedyChurchFormation

Keep the Christian Calendar, but Keep It Under the Word

The church calendar can be a powerful tool for cultivating piety individually and ecclesially, but it must be kept beneath the Word to do its work best.

Gray EwingFormation

No Eulogy Virtues Without Repentance: A Meditation from Belfast

It is not enough to simply stop doing wrong things and move on from past evils. There must be repentance, a naming of the sins we are turning away from.