Carl R. Trueman

We might dub this the Ingratitude Industry, not only because of the sheer quantity of ungratefulness, but also because of the lucrative careers that are made by selling ingratitude as a commodity. Continue Reading »

The winners and losers may change, but the game is always the same: to dethrone whatever today’s dominant categories might be, whether of heterosexuality, whiteness, or the gender binary.  Continue Reading »

Romance is dead. Continue Reading »

A legal conflict between two organizations in the U.K. demonstrates that sometimes allies are found in unlikely places. Continue Reading »

We British are diminished by Queen Elizabeth II's passing. And the world is surely diminished, too, having lost one of its precious few heads of state worthy of respect.  Continue Reading »

Dr. Bradley Nassif’s reasoned, orthodox views on marriage and human sexuality have cost him his career at North Park University, an institution formally connected to the theologically conservative Evangelical Covenant Church. Continue Reading »

The desire to paralyze public discourse by threats, nastiness, and all-round verbal thuggery is the preferred approach of radicals of all shades of opinion on social media, be it Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Continue Reading »

First Things contributing editor Carl Trueman discusses the rise of a new public orthodoxy and its catastrophic results in this video essay. Continue Reading »

While abortion was a constitutional right, there seemed little reason to wrestle with the issue in depth. One could be pro-life or pro-choice, but in practice this did not affect most individuals’ engagement in the wider life of the nation. That is no longer the case.  Continue Reading »

Once force and intimidation are necessary, the myth is surely becoming a lie, something that is known to be untrue but to which loyalty is demanded by our cultural powerbrokers anyway.  Continue Reading »