Life of Faith

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Russian Reset Required in Rome

George Weigel

When Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ was head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s external relations…

How I Learned to Love Confession

Valerie Stivers

When I converted to Catholicism in 2023 after eighteen months of RCIA, I was almost totally ignorant…

While We’re At It

R. R. Reno

According to the Wall Street Journal, construction spending on churches is up. For two decades, church attendance…

No, Paul Was Not Against the Jews

Jason A. Staples

Last month, I was initially pleased to learn of a second First Things article reviewing my book,…

Third Ways and Other Ways

Peter J. Leithart

Charlie Kirk’s assassination has fired up a long-standing evangelical wrangle about “third-wayism.” Keen to avoid being boxed…

Lessons from Luther and Newman

Carl R. Trueman

Recent events in Canterbury and Rome underscore this year’s significant anniversaries. I am not thinking here of…

Sarah Mullally and Reforming the Anglican Communion

Mouneer Anis

The Church of England has announced the appointment of Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury.…

Enjoyably Evangelical

Kevin DeYoung

Not many people need to write an autobiography—especially not philosophy professors. Not many people who take the…

The Church’s Answer to the World (ft. Carter Griffin)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Fr. Carter Griffin…

Toward a New Humanism

Carl R. Trueman

The most pressing question we face today is that of the Psalmist: “What is man?” So urgent…

The Lost Art of Saying “No”

John M. Grondelski

Conservative pundit Matt Walsh recently contended that “we have to recapture the long-lost art of saying ‘no.’”…

Faith Returns to the Public Square

R. R. Reno

Pastors, pundits, and politicians gathered in Phoenix last Sunday to remember Charlie Kirk. Seventy thousand people filled…

Pope and Parliament

The Editors

The editors discuss Great Britain’s assisted suicide bill, Pope Leo’s first major interview, and Charlie Kirk’s memorial…

Danny Kruger’s Christian Humanism

Carl R. Trueman

While the U.S. was reeling from the assassination of Charlie Kirk and its aftermath, across the Atlantic…

Politics for Losers 

Brad East

In a 2002 essay, Christopher Caldwell—perhaps the premier conservative journalist intellectual writing today—paid a memorable compliment to…