The choice of Paula White to pray at Donald Trump's inauguration has little significance theologically but speaks eloquently of the state of the nation. Continue Reading »
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 »
Pascal understood the pathology of our age three hundred years ago. And the answer then, as now, is the Christian one. Continue Reading »
Tony Esolen's love of poetry reminds me of my own love of history, and of why both are important. Continue Reading »
The End of Protestantism: Pursuing Unity in a Fragmented Church by peter j. leithart baker, 240 pages, $21.99 Peter Leithart’s latest book, The End of Protestantism, began as a set of short but controversial essays for First Things magazine and progressed through a roundtable discussion at Biola . . . . Continue Reading »
A U.S. military handbook shows that the transgender issue is not about bathrooms. It is about the triumph of Psychological Man and the comprehensive reconstruction of the world on that basis. Continue Reading »
Broken election promises, a theodicy question, and a reflection on Christian ministry under Trump. Continue Reading »
Marxism has triumphed in America. And while it isn’t the Marxism we expected, it is the one we deserve. Continue Reading »
An article in The Guardian inadvertently indicates that the problems of our current political culture are deeply embedded in patterns of modern parenting. Continue Reading »
Pro-life success is a cause for rejoicing, but it may not offer a paradigm of hope for opponents of the current sexual revolution. Continue Reading »
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