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Ciceronian Times Call for Ciceronian Voices

by Carl R. Trueman

The church may be moving back to the status it had in the first-century CE but the world around us might be more akin to Rome of the first-century BCE. Continue Reading »

26 Dec 2016 0

Christ's Three-Fold Coming in Music

by Nathaniel Peters

When taken neat, the Oratorio’s musical beauty and theological simplicity drive home the power of Christ’s coming in all its forms. Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2016 0

A Wonderful(?) Life

by The Editors

The First Things Podcast, Episode 20. Continue Reading »

22 Dec 2016 0

What We've Been Reading—12.16.16

by Editors

Here are some awesome books that you should be reading, or thinking about buying, for Christmastime. Continue Reading »

16 Dec 2016 0

A Merry Pascalian Christmas!

by Carl R. Trueman

Pascal understood the pathology of our age three hundred years ago. And the answer then, as now, is the Christian one. Continue Reading »

16 Dec 2016 0

No, Junior, the Catholic Church is not the Same as ISIS

by Br. Michael Baggot

A seventh-grader recently asked me how to respond to his peer’s obstinate claim that he and the rest of his Catholic co-religionists are just as bad as ISIS. Continue Reading »

16 Dec 2016 0

From Greatness to Inclusivity

by Mark Bauerlein

When a humanities department selects its materials because they reflect identity groups, it no longer functions as a humanities department.
Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2016 0

The Divine Inversion

by James R. Rogers

In Evangelical churches, the why of the virgin birth receives less attention than the fact of it. Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2016 0

Therapeutic Culture

by The Editors

The First Things Podcast, Episode 19. Featuring: Philip Rieff’s The Triumph of the Therapeutic and the 2016 season in college football. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2016 0

A Daily Plan for Reading Shakespeare

by Matthew J. Franck

Yes, you can read all of Shakespeare's works in a year. Continue Reading »

12 Dec 2016 0
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