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Kathleen KilcupCulture

Sin and Christian Literature

When sin is depicted in its reality and not as a celebration of self-creation, a humorous escapade, or a dark but potent sign of passionate genius, what we see is an overwhelmingly sad and pathetic little worm.

Lanta DavisCultureFilm Reviews/HollywoodFormation

What The Odyssey Teaches Us About Temptation

Odysseus and his men know they cannot just sail by the sirens and hope their willpower and common sense will hold out against the sirens’ song. They have to prepare.

CultureBooksTechnologyAndrew Spencer

Who is in Control of Climate Change?

To respond well to climate change will require recognizing how little we can control, trusting in the providence of God, and seeking to act responsibly as stewards of the place God has given us.

TechnologyCultureJosiah DeBoer

AI Companions as a Form of Pornography

Much like the wooden idols of the Old Testament with their painted eyelids, the things seeing us are merely dressed up versions of our own images.

CultureEducationTechnologyScott Cunningham

Using Political Power to Protect Students from Using AI in Education

Florida's bill could be a model for other states seeking to preserve space for students to learn for themselves rather than outsourcing their minds to generative AI technologies.

TheologyCultureJoseph Lear

Shopping the End-times Marketplace: The Problems of Progress and Delay in a Hopeless World

What happens when the future we've been hoping for never arrives?

CultureFormationAmy Mantravadi

Gluttony in the Age of GLP-1s

The Christian is free to use a GLP-1 or not use one, depending on his or her specific health situation, but the Christian is never free to stop desiring.

Anna HeetderksCulture

After 'Values'

Values have their rightful place— they can help clarify priorities, envisage a desired end state, and motivate righteous action— but they cannot be the foundation of a moral life. 

Tessa CarmanJournalSummer 2026FamilyCultureBooks

Homeschooling Is More Normal Than You Think

Homeschooling matters because by its very nature—in all its non-standardized, messy, unwieldy glory—it is a movement against the professionalization, standardization, and replacement of the human being.

Kirsten SandersBooksCultureTechnologyJournalSummer 2026

Apocalypse Now

Park thinks that apocalypse can tuck us deeper into the world, like the dead who are buried in the natural cemeteries she describes. But she cannot hold onto the belief that accompanied this vision for burying the dead.

Annie CrawfordJournalSummer 2026FormationCulture

From Babel to Belonging: C. S. Lewis’s Fairy-Tale Cure for the Modern Machine

'That Hideous Strength' is a story about how to live with faith and hope in a world threatened by chaos and tyranny.

BooksBibleCultureGillis Harp

Christian Politics Without Idolatry

'Reimagining Biblical Politics' is an invaluable resource that provides the sort of insightful and practical Bible-based reflection that has been so conspicuously absent from many American churches.