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I Think I’m Not a Contra
When my grandparents enthusiastically voted for John F. Kennedy, reconciling Catholic life to the American mainstream seemed…
Remembering the Reformation but Celebrating What?
October is the month of the year in which, as a Reformation specialist, I find myself least…
Law in Flatland
Thomas Friedman announced over a decade ago that The World Is Flat. It’s gotten flatter since. Friedman…
Levitical Genealogy
The genealogy of the Levites (ch. 6) is at the center of the genealogical section of 1…
A Spectacle, Not a Debate
It wasn’t tedious, at least not in the way presidential debates usually are. Hillary Clinton recited scripted…
Christians, Stay Away from Irony Bros
If you were asked to describe Chapo Trap House by someone who knew nothing about it, you…
Covenant with Strangers
The Psalm recorded in 1 Chronicles 16 (Psalm 105) exhorts the singers to “remember forever His covenant,…
Upcoming Events 9.29.2016
SEPTEMBER The Gods of the City and the City of God: Augustine on PoliticsCorpus Christi Church, NYCThursday,…
Mouth and Heart
Romans 10:9–10 is arranged in a straightforward chiasm: A. If you confess with your mouth Jesus as…
Covetousness, Idolatry, and Neighborly Economics
Walter Brueggemann sums up the Bible’s perspective on Money and Possessions in six propositions: Money is a…
Assassination of a Jordanian Journalist
On Sunday, September 25, the 56-year-old Jordanian Christian Nahed Hattar was assassinated in Amman, Jordan. He had…
Escape from Enlightenment
For over twenty years Will Allen was the in-house videographer for the Buddhafield—a religious group, eventually numbering…
Doing Wonders
“Remember His wonders which He does,” the Levites sing when the ark is brought to Jerusalem (1…
American Caesar
In this episode of the First Things Podcast: Helen Andrews provides some historical perspective on the choice…
The Dishonest Capitulation of Michael Gerson
Anyone who hasn’t seen the recent writings of one Publius Decius Mus should stop reading right now…
