A Bodily Faith

by Robert P. Imbelli

A Church that neglects to exhort and instruct about the sins of the body, be they sexual or social, risks losing its Christological center. Continue Reading »

31 Jan 2023 0

Second Saul

by Peter J. Leithart

Jesus snatched Saul of Tarsus from the tragic path of the first Saul, which is how he learned of the cunning power of Jesus—a king who enlists Sauls to be heralds of David’s kingdom, who turns Sauls into Jonathans. Continue Reading »

22 Jul 2022 0

Turning Sauls into Pauls

by Peter J. Leithart

The conversion of a former enemy demonstrates that Jesus can and does turn Sauls into Pauls.  Continue Reading »

27 Sep 2019 0

Heaven is Real

by John Wilson

Why is it that our expectations for the life to come are so rarely mentioned? Continue Reading »

19 Apr 2019 0

The Sporting Spirit

by Matthew Schmitz

First Things brings a sporting spirit to the intellectual life—a willingness to sweat, a belief in fair play, and the desire to win. Continue Reading »

19 Jun 2017 0

​Paul, Apollos, and Cephas, all Over Again

by George Weigel

We are living, today, the crisis of division that caused St. Paul such grief. And as the Church is universal, so is the crisis. Continue Reading »

15 Feb 2017 0

Christmas and a World Upside-Down

by George Weigel

Biblical scholars generally agree that Luke’s Gospel was written at least a generation later than Paul’s first letter to the Christians at Corinth. Yet whatever the dating, and irrespective of scholarly disputes about whether “Luke,” the author of the eponymous Gospel and the Acts of the . . . . Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2015 0

Shipwreck and Mission

by George Weigel

The post-Vatican II Lectionary for Mass has many fine features, one of which is the continuous reading of the Acts of the Apostles during weekday Masses in the Easter season. As the Church celebrates the Resurrection for fifty days, the Church also ponders the first evangelization: the primitive Christian community, in the power of the Spirit, brings the surrounding Mediterranean world the history-shattering news that Jesus of Nazareth, having been Continue Reading »

23 Jul 2014 0