Our Most Popular Articles of 2018

by The Editors

As the year draws to a close, here’s a look back at our most popular articles.  Continue Reading »

31 Dec 2018 0

The Pope and the Lord’s Prayer

by Charlotte Allen

Fiddling with translations of the Lord's Prayer is an accommodation with secular culture. Continue Reading »

28 Dec 2018 0

Committed to Truth

by Moriah Speciale

 Our readers are committed to truth. The First Things staff remains committed to the same. Continue Reading »

27 Dec 2018 0

Soho Pilgrimage: A Christmas Meditation

by George Weigel

To be a pilgrim is to be going somewhere. That somewhere is the Kingdom come among us at Christmas, and coming again in power and glory. Continue Reading »

26 Dec 2018 0

A Swedish Christmas

by Clemens Cavallin

Swedish Yule (Jul) traditions are not what you think they are. Continue Reading »

24 Dec 2018 0

Sustaining the Faithful

by Peter J. Leithart

First Things is indispensable as a guide through the shadows of our current disruptions and discontents. Continue Reading »

21 Dec 2018 0

Terrence Malick and the Great Thing

by Dan Hitchens

 Like a number of poets, Terrence Malick fumbles to express a common experience: the inexplicable longing that elevates the soul and fills it with an agonizing hope. Continue Reading »

21 Dec 2018 0

Against the Lunatics

by Carl R. Trueman

A donation to First Things is an investment in human intelligence. Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2018 0

China's Future in the Balance

by Peter J. Leithart

Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu is being persecuted because the church refuses to register with the state or join the officially sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement.  Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2018 0

The Virgin Whore and the Humorless Don

by John William Sullivan

Emma Maggie Solberg's The Virgin Whore spends far too much time taking bad jokes and strained wordplay too seriously, and too little time taking basic theology seriously enough. Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2018 0