The Archive

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Edward SongCulture

Why Are There So Many Billionaires?

No one would choose the world we have if they didn’t know their place in society ahead of time; nor is ours a world one that the Bible would consider just.

Jonathan ClarkBook Reviews

The Forgotten Evangelicals of Colorado Springs

'Jesus Springs' is mostly fair and accurate in its treatment of evangelicalism in Colorado Springs, though it misses the diversity of the movement.

Susan Bruxvoort LipscombCultureBook Reviews

'Institutional Poverty' in Charles Dickens and Barbara Kingsolver

Though modeled after Dickens's 'David Copperfield' Kingsolver's 'Demon Copperhead' is different in several significant and deeply American ways.

Stephen WilliamsFormation

12 Theses on Fasting and Feasting

Being able to distinguish between different fasts and disciplines and practice them well can help us to grow in our piety and Christian maturity.

Chase KrugFamilyFormation

A 'Personless' Purity Isn't Pure At All

Marriage is not a container in which lust, if directed only at one's spouse, becomes moral. Chastity means refusing to reduce anyone to a sexual object.

Brianna LambertBook ReviewsFormation

The Beholders

An excerpt from Brianna Lambert's new book 'Created to Play'

Mere Fidelity

Virtues For Living Well with Dr. Alan Noble

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Andrew SpencerCultureTechnology

Common Life After Social Collapse

Smaje's 'Finding Light in a Dark Age' is a realistic and frank assessment of what might be required of us collectively by broad social collapse.

Nadya WilliamsFamily

Motherhood is Fun

We were not meant to do life alone. And doing life together with these small people God entrusts to us for a time is a true and beautiful gift.

Jake MeadorCulture

Writers vs Content Producers

The shift from 'writer' to 'content producer' is more significant than it might at first seem and it affects more than just writers.

Hayden NesbitCultureTechnology

Polishing Kernels: Bodily Control as New Gnosis

One of the unique sicknesses of our moment is that we regard ordinary signs of aging as a mark of failure, even a lack of love and care for oneself.

Brian PellCultureMusic Reviews

Rebelling Against Nostalgia and Self-Deception

How does the sensibility of punk, with its rebelliousness and irreverence, change with age? The latest record from Joyce Manor suggests an answer.