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Elizabeth SticeFormation

The Case for Copying 'The Imitation of Christ' by Hand

For most of church history, we internalized key texts by transcribing them. One great books prof has brought that practice back to her students.

John AhernFormation

Why Christian Scholars Need the Psalms

We must build institutions that seek to form Christian minds according to Scripture. If we don’t, it will be done anyway, but not in ways we want.

Steven WillingFormation

A Taxonomy of Pride in 'The Great Divorce'

Lewis's 'The Great Divorce' offers a bracing and disturbing series of portraits all showing different forms of pride and its fruit.

Vika PecherskyBook ReviewsFormation

The Miracle of Communion: to Know and to Love as God

'The Brothers Karamazov' shows a moment in which two people encounter each other not as objects of conquest but as beloved subjects and common persons.

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'

Michael PorterChurchHealth & MedicineFormation

The Church, the Medical Profession, and Applied Ethics

Because we have lost the idea of medicine as a profession we have lost a clear idea of what medicine is actually for.

James DrimallaEducationFormation

A Prayer for the Teaching of Mathematics

Mathematical learning environments that are characterized by unconditional love serve as a signpost pointing towards God’s kingdom of peace.

Jake MeadorCultureFormation

Some Things Shouldn't Be Made Into a Joke

Anyone who attempts to dismiss or normalize violating the first table of God's ten commandments will damn themselves if they do not repent.

Jared KennedyChurchFormation

Keep the Christian Calendar, but Keep It Under the Word

The church calendar can be a powerful tool for cultivating piety individually and ecclesially, but it must be kept beneath the Word to do its work best.

Gray EwingFormation

No Eulogy Virtues Without Repentance: A Meditation from Belfast

It is not enough to simply stop doing wrong things and move on from past evils. There must be repentance, a naming of the sins we are turning away from.