Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Wise Helmsman
Writing from Left to Right: My Journey from Liberal to Conservative by michael novak image, 336 pages,…
The Light of the Torah
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has composed a message to the Christian community replete with intellectual light and…
Death, Our Enemy
A man named Jim died at work today. I watched it happen. I came out and there…
2013 in Review
As 2013 draws to a close I’d like to look back at the past year for First…
Punk Rock Catholicism
“In many and various ways,” the Letter to the Hebrews tells us, does God reveal Himself. I…
Lynne Hybels, Evangelicals, and Israel
There is a small but growing movement among evangelicals against unique friendship for Israel, embodied by the…
First Buds of the Church
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are over now, but the melodies linger on—not only for those who…
Reformational Catholicism in Unity with Rome
Peter Leithart has issued a stirring call for a “Reformational Catholicism” that is fully Catholic without being…
Saving Grace, Christian Mission
Wedged between Isaiah’s glorious messianic hymn and Luke’s touching account of the angelic announcement of the Nativity,…
Plato Is Not Paul
The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss by David Bentley Hart Yale University Press, 376 pages, $25…
Cultural Anorexia: Doubting the Decline of Faith in Fiction
When Dana Gioia’s essay “Can Poetry Matter?” appeared in The Atlantic in 1991, it galvanized a national…
St. Peter Faber: Model for a New Reformation
On Tuesday, Pope Francis canonized Fr. Peter Faber , SJ, one of the great figures of the…
Preparing for His Coming
Advent looks back to celebrate the coming of the Son of God in human flesh. As Advent…
Discrimination Against Christians?
Christians are facing more and more difficulties in Western society. Every day, especially in Europe, churches and…
Prayer
It’s not too late, Dark One, For you to come And have me close And stay an…
