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Miracle of Hitler
University of Erlangen theologian Paul Althaus reacted to the German election of 1933 with enthusiasm: “Our Protestant…
The Divine Poet
Matthew Bates (Birth of the Trinity) points to Hebrews 1:8-9’s quotation of Psalm 45 as an example…
Speaking Methodist
Morris Davis’s The Methodist Unification is a study of the reunion of the Methodist church following the…
Titles We Didn’t Choose — April 2016
Have you had a chance to look at the April 2016 edition of First Things on our…
“Holiness is not for Wimps”: Remembering Mother Angelica
Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, a Catholic nun and the only woman in the history of…
Living Lord
Paul says, Christ is our life. Not, Christ gives us life, or Christ defends our life, or…
Killing Ukraine’s Soul
In a 1953 speech delivered in New York marking the 20th anniversary of the Holodomor, the Ukrainian…
King and Queen in Psalm 45
Psalm 45 begins as a song of praise by a court poet for a victorious king. Halfway…
Lord After Death
On the third day after Jesus’ death, women came to the tomb to dress the body and…
Lord of the Grave
Holy Saturday is the mystery of God’s silence, and it is a great mystery. But the Son…
What We’ve Been Reading—3.25.16
Mark Bauerlein Life Magazine, September 6, 1948—It was on the coffee table at a friend’s house, and…
First Links — 3.25.16
Winter’s Tale: The Icy Pang of Contrition and the Gift of Thawing GraceAlexi Sargeant, Aleteia ‘This doubtful…
Enthusiasm
Anthony Pagden is worried about the rise of religion in the past several decades (The Enlightenment: And…
Culture – Problem or Solution?
Terry Eagleton (Culture and the Death of God) observes that culture was once considered the solution to…
Lord of Death
Jesus’ death does not contradict His sovereignty. It is a revelation of His sovereign Lordship. Jesus’ life…
