A Godless Great Awakening

by Joshua Mitchell

Identity politics provides a cheap shortcut to redemption, a fig leaf that hides man from his own darkened heart. Continue Reading »

2 Jul 2020 0

Against Doomerism

by R. R. Reno

It’s tempting to recoil from the present uncertainty and see in it only dark possibilities. But we must not underestimate God’s providence. Continue Reading »

2 Jul 2020 0

Books for the Summer of Our Discontent

by George Weigel

Since plague time began, I’ve found the following books reassuring, challenging, illuminating, and in some cases just plain fun. Continue Reading »

1 Jul 2020 0

A Grand Old Flag

by Gilbert Meilaender

The flag has become not a symbol of unity but a battleground. Continue Reading »

30 Jun 2020 0

New Faiths of the Self

by Justin Lee

The new religions practiced in post-secular America are selfish, choice-obsessed, therapeutic, and adaptable to expediency. Continue Reading »

29 Jun 2020 0

A Time for Catechesis

by Carl R. Trueman

In a time where cheap outrage passes for true analysis, First Things provides thoughtful cultural criticism that models virtue even as it calls out the idols of the age. Continue Reading »

29 Jun 2020 0

Of Statues and Symbolic Murder

by Wilfred M. McClay

Iconoclasts seek to assault the sensibilities of those they oppose, and utterly destroy all physical evidence that such views ever existed. Continue Reading »

26 Jun 2020 0

Torah Is the Air We Breathe

by Gil Student

Secular society sees religion—and public worship in particular—as little more than a cultural expression or a lifestyle choice.  Continue Reading »

26 Jun 2020 0

Taking the Long Road

by Veronica Clarke

First Things is committed to defending the knowledge that “temporal tasks are best conducted in the light of eternal destiny.” Continue Reading »

26 Jun 2020 0

Ahistorical Activism

by Sohrab Ahmari

Today’s iconoclasm fails to uphold any permanent ideals against which the past or the present might rightly be judged. Continue Reading »

25 Jun 2020 0