The Rise of the Religious “Nones”
by Mark BauerleinKerby Anderson joins the podcast to discuss his new Probe survey on the religious views and practices of American adults. Continue Reading »
Don’t Rejoice in the Collapse of Cultural Christianity
by Ben C. DunsonThe Christian who holds fast to the teachings of Scripture will never be loved in this world. Continue Reading »
Looking Back to Think Forward
by Francis X. MaierWhat the past teaches us most forcefully is that reform of the institution depends on reform of the individual. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousI read R. R. Reno’s charitable words on Karl Barth with great interest (“Karl Barth,” May) and would like to offer my own remarks as a supplement. At the Protestant Theologicum in Tübingen (1974–5), I spent a year sharing an office with Reno’s mentor, Ronald Thiemann. Ron’s background . . . . Continue Reading »
Upper-Class Christianity
by Stephen WolfePour la canaille, il faut la mitraille: For the rabble use the grapeshot, the Duke reportedly said of an Irish mob. No, not John Wayne (“The Duke”), but the Duke of Wellington. In America today, we often hear of two mobs, antifa and the deplorables. One mob is praised and encouraged by . . . . Continue Reading »
The Making of Christian England
by Francis YoungThe leaders of Anglo-Saxon England perished on the field of Hastings, but their legacy is everywhere. Continue Reading »
Of Dying and Rising
by Mark BauerleinJeffrey Pulse joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, Figuring Resurrection: Joseph as a Death and Resurrection Figure in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism. Continue Reading »
Why I Read First Things
by Francis X. MaierFirst Things brings articulate, committed believers together across confessional divides. Continue Reading »
The Cross and the Machine
by Paul KingsnorthWe must have been fifteen or sixteen when we discovered the church visitor’s book. It was an old church, maybe medieval, and I would pass it with my school friends on our way to the town center. I’m not sure what possessed us to go in; it might have been my idea. I’ve always loved old . . . . Continue Reading »
On Demons
by Sam KrissAccording to the Talmud, the demons are more numerous than we are. “They stand over us like mounds of earth surrounding a pit.” Rav Huna teaches that “each and every one of us has a thousand demons to his left and ten thousand to his right.” Abba Binyamin tells us that “if the eye had the . . . . Continue Reading »
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