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Samuel James

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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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 […]

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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.

Samuel JamesBook Reviews

Book Review: How to Think by Alan Jacobs

Alan Jacobs's new book, How to Think, is a helpful guide to thinking and arguing carefully in a cultural context that makes doing so difficult.