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Samuel D. James is associate acquisitions editor for Crossway Books.

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Samuel D. James is associate acquisitions editor for Crossway Books.

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America250 Forum, Day 3: Giving Thanks as American Christians

Ours is not a heritage of blood, nor of soil. Our heritage is one of the noblest ideas in the history of mankind, “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

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The Ghost of Christmas Never

Many young men need to see heaven. They need a visitation from a future of hope they don’t currently have, the Ghost of Christmas Never.

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If You Ask A.I. for Marriage Advice, It'll Probably Tell You to Get Divorced

A massive cultural shift may be coming.

Samuel JamesTechnology

If You Ask A.I. for Marriage Advice, It'll Probably Tell You to Get Divorced

A massive cultural shift may be coming.

Samuel JamesFeaturedBook Reviews

When the Therapeutic Replaces Sin - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Chuck DeGroat. When Narcissicism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community from Emotional and Spiritual Abuse. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2020. 200 pp, $24. (originally published in Digital Liturgies) Imagine the following scenario. You are approached by two people in your church, […]

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The Wrath of Misused Language

It may be that language, once abused, cannot simply be repaired; we must instead live under its wrath for a time.

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.

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Does Maturity Still Matter? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I’ve been reading Mark Sayers’s interesting book A Non-Anxious Presence, and was particularly struck by this passage: As a network is swamped by chronic anxiety, it is marked by reactivity. Those within the system no longer act rationally, but rather, […]

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Untangling Theology from Digital Technology - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A few years ago I received an advance copy of a book on the end times by a well-loved and influential pastor. Most of the book was standard, biblically faithful reflections. The most interesting section, however, argued that the European […]

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Book Review: Boomers by Helen Andrews - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Helen Andrews. Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster. New York: Sentinel, 2021. 238 pp. $27 In autumn of 1912, the British journalist Lytton Strachey declared to Virginia Woolf his opinion of the Victorians: they “seem […]

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Dwyane Wade's Selective Essentialism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Dwyane Wade’s enthusiasm for his child’s gender transition offers a fascinating example of transgender ideology’s selective performativity. Wade’s 12-year-old son, born Zion, recently announced he wanted to be referred to as a “she.” During an appearance on Ellen, Wade discussed […]

Samuel JamesFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Public Square Is about Parenting | Mere Orthodoxy

Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff's new book is ostensibly about politics, but ultimately much of the argument is really about family and parenting.