The Archive

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Michelle Van LoonBook Reviews

The Sure Way of Edith Stein

The greatest figures of prophecy and sanctity step forth out of the darkest night.

Joey SherrardChurch

Understanding the Evangelical Presbyterian Church's Unique Calling

The EPC can navigate the controversies she is currently debating if she remains true to her roots as an old school/new side presbyterian church.

Joshua HeavinFamilyTheology

Who Does the Kingdom of God Belong To?

We often struggle to truly hear the truth that God's kingdom belongs to children because we have become cynical. Rather than being attentive to God with earnestness and sincerity, we are jaded.

Drake OsbornFormationTechnologyMagnifica Humanitas

The Joy of Naming the World

The danger of humanity since the fall of man is not simply that we have the potential to  “unname” or “unhuman” ourselves, but that we have the potential to create an inhuman and “nameless” world, a world where it becomes harder to live humanly.

CultureTheologyMichael A. G. Azad Haykin

On Becoming a Historian of Chromatic Theology

A preview essay on Michael Haykin's new book on how color has been employed to convey and accentuate elements of the Christian faith.

Elizabeth SticeFormationFilm Reviews/HollywoodHealth & Medicine

The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Living and Dying

The representation of so-called "assisted dying" on Hacks is harmful because it is dishonest about dignity in such situations. 

Matthew SchultzTechnologyFormationMagnifica Humanitas

The Kiln of Proceduralism: On the Failures of Magnifica Humanitas

Soon Leo will be dialoguing with a people formed by a machine intelligence that propagates counterfeit inhabitation, one that accustoms people to experience Christianity by asking a chatbot to teach them the Nicene Creed. Is he ready for that? Are we?

CultureFormationEddie LaRow

Even in the Agony of Despondency

Lincoln was a great man and leader not despite his frequent melancholy, but because he kept going even under the weight of melancholy.

Calvin StapertCultureMusic

No Beauty Without Boundaries

Stravinsky rightly said that our freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly we limit our field of action and the more we surround ourselves with obstacles.

TechnologyFormationHayden NesbitMagnifica Humanitas

When Christoff Meets Pope Leo

The experience of resonance will not be manufactured by tech overlords.

Book ReviewsCharles Carman

Hospitality, Desecration, Politics: A Review of Carl Trueman's 'The Desecration of Man'

There are domains where disenchantment may be unfit for, perhaps even a distraction from, a far more pressing crisis than belief in the mysterious. We need more than one framework to diagnose the modern crisis.

TechnologyFamilyFormationIsaac DeValois

How My Family Uses Yoto to Teach Our Kids the Faith

Christian families will be greatly helped by this little device for its simple and convenient opportunity to help conduct catechesis.