Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Christian Freedom Amidst Persecution
Christianity and Freedom, Vol. II, Contemporary Perspectives edited by allen d. hertzke & timothy samuel shah cambridge,…
Beyoncé and the Fertility of Forgiveness
The most screenshotted sequence in Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade is “Hold Up.” After discovering her husband’s infidelity, she walks…
Calvin, Kuyper, and God’s Aesthetic Purposes
Abraham Kuyper was fond of appealing to John Calvin’s authority on various subjects, but when he turned…
A Bower in the Arsacides
A hippie peddles jewelryBeneath a poinciana tree,A mother picks her daughter upBacklit before an endless sea. All…
Queen of the May
My Lady, Queen of Heaven, Queen of Earth,I weave for you a crown of white muguet.Delightful, fragrant,…
Your Grandmother’s Verse
She writes it with a quill pen, so they say,On cream-smooth vellum (paper she refuses).A photo of…
Briefly Noted
The Thriving Society: On the Social Conditions of Human Flourishingedited by james r. stoner jr. and harold…
Double Ballade for History Repeated: Part One
Though sinners’ souls are shriven clear,the ravished aren’t restored.The Good News turns to Bad News nearthe raped,…
Double Ballade for History Repeated: Part Two
Too long, I too withheld my earfrom “slanderers” who pouredout tales of victimhood to smearthe servants of…
The Green and the Brown
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warningby timothy snydertim duggan books, 462 pages, $30 F aced…
Trigger Warnings and Academic Consumerism
I have been reading a lot of back-and-forth about “trigger warnings” lately. Students who see themselves as…
Easter is not a Question Mark
Excavating my desk recently, I found the program notes from a Tallis Scholars concert my wife and…
Awakenings
The following is being delivered at Brigham Young University today, March 22, 2016. I’m here today because…
Haven’t an Inkling
Charles Williams: The Third Inklingby grevel lindopoxford, 464 pages, $34.95 C harles Williams (1886–1945) was a cult…
Reformer’s Life
Martin Luther: Visionary Reformerby scott h. hendrixyale, 368 pages, $35 Luther on the Christian Life: Cross and…
