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Rachel Roth AldhizerTheology

He Came So We Could Be Like Him

We oughtn't go seeking for a Christ that looks like us. The point of the Incarnation is that God came to Earth to make us like him.

Adam CarringtonFilm Reviews/Hollywood

Three Godfathers: John Ford’s (Deeply Christian) Christmas Western

John Ford's forgotten western 'Three Godfathers' tells a haunting Christmas-themed story about sin and redemption and how a child brings restoration.

Jake MeadorPolitical TheoryPolitical Theology

The Christian Nationalists (Still) Can't Read and Why That Matters

An ongoing series: How That Historical Quote Cited by a Prominent Christian Nationalist Doesn't Actually Mean What They Think it Means.

Robin PhillipsTechnology

“AI Safety” Without Virtue Will Never Be Safe

An AI developed by people with no schooling in virtue will be dangerous, no matter what 'safety' protocols we have in place.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

23 Books for 2023

Here is our list of 23 essential books to wrap up 2023.

Jake Meador

2023 Eliot Awards

Once again we are honoring the year's best periodical writing with our annual Eliot Awards.

Scott HurstParentingTechnology

Attentive Parenting in the AI Age

Parents are daily confronting new questions related to technology and their children, questions which will require wisdom and care to answer well.

Samuel JamesFilm Reviews/HollywoodGender

Let Me Live Again

The 1946 classic 'It's a Wonderful Life' offers an essential insight into male psychology that can help us address the crises facing men.

Jake MeadorChurchEvangelicalism

Shepherds are not Technicians

The dominant imaginative models for pastoral ministry in evangelicalism are fundamentally broken.

K. C. EllisCurrent PoliticsHealth and Medicine

My Grandfather Died with Dignity

My grandfather died with dignity because he reminded us that love for others, not the capacity for achievement or productivity, is true virtue.

James WoodTheologyChurchHistory/Church History

Warfield Was Wrong

Calvin, at least, would object to Warfield's characterization of the Reformation as Augustine's soteriology set against Augustine's ecclesiology.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics

I Thought Political Capture Was Bad

If political capture is bad, then it's not just bad when done on the political right; it's bad on the political left too.