Anticipating Heaven

by Mark Bauerlein

Peter J. Leithart joins the podcast to discuss his new book, On Earth as in Heaven: Theopolis Fundamentals. Continue Reading »

6 Apr 2023

Prodigal Evangelicalism: A Video Essay

by Megan Basham

Megan Basham describes her experience of conversion into the evangelical church and present ideological pathologies growing within it. Continue Reading »

17 Feb 2023

Giving Thanks for Mike Pence at Thanksgiving

by George Weigel

Mike Pence’s actions on the day of infamy that saw an unhinged, vicious mob storm and ransack the U.S. Capitol were correct, courageous, informed by conscience, and fortified by prayer. Continue Reading »

23 Nov 2022

How I Evolved on Tim Keller

by James R. Wood

Keller was the right man for a moment. To many, like me, it appears that moment has passed. That does not diminish my admiration for the important service Keller provided to the church in America for many years. Continue Reading »

6 May 2022

The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism

by Aaron M. Renn

American evangelicalism is deeply divided. Some evangelicals have embraced the secular turn toward social justice activism, particularly around race and immigration, accusing others of failing to reckon with the church’s racist past. Others charge evangelical elites with going “woke” and . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2022

Protestants Can't Be Apolitical

by Mark Bauerlein

Ben Dunson joins the podcast to discuss Protestantism in American politics and his website, American Reformer. Continue Reading »

2 Dec 2021

Evangelical Elites Are Out of Touch

by Carl R. Trueman

Evangelical elites are clearly out of touch with the populist evangelical base. And lambasting the populists as hypocrites or dimwits will simply perpetuate the divide. Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2019

Evangelicals and Zen Masters

by Matthew Milliner

One evening in 1995, at an evangelical Bible study in New Jersey for twenty-­somethings, I learned that an acquaintance of mine had just dropped out of medical school and was planning to drive to a Hare Krishna ashram in Northern California. We were both tired of the kind of evangelical . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2019

Mary Among Evangelicals

by Matthew Schmitz

When I was three years old, I asked my pregnant mother whether Jesus could come into me as my baby brother had come into her. It was my inept way of saying that I wanted to accept Jesus into my heart as my personal lord and savior, an idea to which my Evangelical church had already introduced me. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2018

A Touching and Feeling Faith

by Lauren Rae Konkol

The prosperity gospel—which declares that God’s grace is manifest in gold faucets, private jets, and multimillion-dollar homes—has no answer for the countless agonies of earthly life.  Continue Reading »

19 Apr 2018