A Year of Reading: 2021

by John Wilson

John Wilson recaps his year in reading, chronicling the books that stand out the most. Continue Reading »

3 Dec 2021

Blame It on Luther?

by Carl R. Trueman

It may well be that subjectivism is where the Protestant Reformation led, but it was certainly neither Luther’s intention nor his own stated position. Continue Reading »

2 Dec 2021

Takeaways from Oral Argument in Dobbs

by Hadley Arkes

The reasoning of jurisprudence is essentially beside the point. For reasons of their own, the judges will do what they wish to do. Continue Reading »

2 Dec 2021

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

Books for Christmas 2021

by George Weigel

George Weigel recommends books for your Christmas shopping list. Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2021

Philip Pilkington on Generational Conflict

by R. R. Reno

Philip Pilkington joins R. R. Reno to talk about the effects of declining birthrates on social stability. Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2021

Crisis of Legitimacy

by R. R. Reno

People talk a lot about polarization. It is true that polling shows a growing partisan divide. But our rancorous political atmosphere is a symptom, not the cause. We are polarized because the credibility of our ruling class has eroded. A trustworthy establishment anchors society and brings stability . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2021

Our Divided House

by Gerard V. Bradley

Speaking to a Baltimore audience in 1864, Abraham Lincoln made an observation that remains ­uncomfortably true today. “The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty,” he said, “and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2021

The Toll of Unbelief

by Brendan W. Case

On a single weekend in June 2021, seven people died of drug overdoses in Rochester, New York. On that Saturday morning, three adults were found dead on a front porch on a quiet, residential street. Inside the house were six orphaned children. Lab tests showed that the lethal agent was heroin laced . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2021

On The Threshold

by Patricia Snow

“I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry. . . I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2021