Baptizing the Status Quo, Then and Now
by Carl R. TruemanProgressive Christians are replicating one of the oldest ecclesiastical sins of all—conformity to the world, just like their slaveholding ancestors. Continue Reading »
Haiti's Catholic Hero
by M. D. AeschlimanToussaint L’Ouverture was not a Jacobin revolutionary. He was a Catholic, whose view of universal human dignity was drawn from the heart of the gospel itself. Continue Reading »
A Slave Revolt and Biblical Reasons
by Mark BauerleinJeremy Schipper joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, Denmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial. Continue Reading »
Abortion
by R. R. RenoNew York Times columnist Charles Blow fulminated recently that those who fail to cleave to late-model progressivism aim at “the subjugation of all who challenge the white racist patriarchy.” No surprise there. Blow has made a career out of outrage. Yet a prominent analogy in his column, . . . . Continue Reading »
Mark Bauerlein on the Legacy of Lincoln
by R. R. RenoMark Bauerlein joins R. R. Reno to discuss the complicated legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Continue Reading »
A Fictional (and True) Lincoln
by Mark BauerleinJohn Cribb joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Old Abe: A Novel. Continue Reading »
Sarah Josepha Hale: Intellectual, Editor, Mother
by Mark BauerleinMelanie Kirkpatrick joins the podcast to discuss her new book, Lady Editor: Sarah Josepha Hale and the Making of the Modern American Woman. Continue Reading »
Judging the Sins of Our Fathers
by Carl R. TruemanThe slavery of colonial and antebellum America was tragic but there is nothing we can do to change that history. The present is a different matter. That is our responsibility.
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The Slavery of Radical Freedom
by Margaret McCarthyWith the official right to abolish our human nature inscribed in law in Bostock, we have all become slaves of our own “freedom.” Continue Reading »
Iconoclasm Returns to Oxford
by Peter HitchensAll over Britain, statues of forgotten politicians, merchants, generals, and admirals are being investigated. Continue Reading »
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