George Pell, Lion of the Church

by Joseph Hamilton

Cardinal Pell's tireless witness to the Christian faith resembles that of many great confessor bishops. Continue Reading »

6 Feb 2023

Pope Francis and St. Vincent of Lérins

by Thomas G. Guarino

The theologian of Lérins is one of the few ancient Christian writers who tackles the question of doctrinal development over time—and he does so head-on.    Continue Reading »

16 Aug 2022

Theology Is Not Archaeology

by Peter J. Leithart

If retrieval becomes the be-all of theology, theology is in danger of being reduced to an antiquarian, archaeological enterprise. All theology is historical, but theology cannot be only historical. Continue Reading »

4 Feb 2022

Why Preaching Is Central to Priesthood

by Carl R. Trueman

Preaching lays claim to that power of language with the authority of God behind it. It is thus an assertion of reality, a reminder of God’s sovereignty and our dependence upon him. Continue Reading »

20 Jan 2022

Philosophers Come to Catholicism

by Mark Bauerlein

Brian Besong joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Faith and Reason: Philosophers Explain Their Turn to Catholicism. Continue Reading »

15 Nov 2021

Fear of the Word

by Hans Boersma

My students are afraid to preach—not all of them, but more and more, it seems. And it is often the brightest and most eloquent, those who are least justified in parroting Moses’s excuse—“I am slow of speech and of tongue”—who lack the confidence to open the Scriptures for the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2019

Advent Arrow

by Hans Boersma

Scripture demands an Advent posture. The most important things are not the ones we see. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2018

Orthodox Origen

by Joseph T. Lienhard

Origen:  On First Principles edited and translated by john behr oxford, 800 pages, $200 In its eleventh canon, the Second Council of ­Constantinople (553) anathematized Arius, ­Eunomius, Macedonius, ­Apollinaris, Nestorius, and ­Origen, along with their impious writings. Adding Origen’s . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2018

Remembering Thomas Oden

by Joel Elowsky

Tom saw as his primary task the discernment of how the Holy Spirit was leading the church and how, in his role as a pastor and academic, he might fit into the Spirit’s leading. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2016

The Word and the Rule of Faith

by Peter J. Leithart

Evangelicalism is awash in the 3Rs: retrieval, renewal, and ressourcement. As Michael Allen and Scott Swain explain in Reformed Catholicity, recently published by Baker Academic press, various movements have emerged sharing the conviction that “the path to theological renewal lies in retrieving resources from the Christian tradition.” In their view, these efforts have been haphazard, and their book sketches a “programmatic assessment of what it means to retrieve the catholic tradition . . . on the basis of Protestant theological and ecclesiological principles.” Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2015