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Flirting with Apostasy on Park Avenue

Nicholas Frankovich

Icons have been removed from the Church of Our Saviour here in Manhattan, without explanation from the pastor,…

How Deep Is Your Faith, Really?

Mark Bauerlein

After the U.S. Supreme Court issued its Hobby Lobby decision in late-June, the Boston Globe printed an…

The Power of the Liberal Script

Mark Bauerlein

Rusty Reno’s treatment of the Ferguson affair in his Web Exclusive today emphasizes the predictable “script” that has…

Starstrike

Peter J. Leithart

A study from the Columbia Business School has discovered that “umpires grant a larger and more generous strike zone…

Fourth-Born

Peter J. Leithart

Jacob’s firstborn is Reuben, but he doesn’t become the preeminent son of Jacob because he takes his…

Sons of Men, Daughters of God

Peter J. Leithart

In his recent Trinity House lectures on Genesis, James Jordan argues that the sons of God (that…

Numbers

Peter J. Leithart

The word “number” (Greek, arithmos) occurs ten times in Revelation, and the word occurs in climactic sections…

Elam’s Afterlife

Peter J. Leithart

After the flood, the sons of Noah repopulated the earth. Shem’s first son was Elam (Genesis 10:22;…

The Notebook

Peter J. Leithart

In his Notebooks, English Virtuosi, and Early Modern Science, Richard Yeo further dispels the myth of the lone…

Not Religious

Peter J. Leithart

Mehdi Hasan presents evidence in an article in the New Statesman that jihadists aren’t the most devout of…

Universal Truth

Peter J. Leithart

It’s often suggested today that any argument or claim drawn from revelation is “sectarian.” In order to…

Potter Politics

Peter J. Leithart

Anthony Gierzynski reports on his research supporting “the idea that the Harry Potter series influenced the political values…

Early World, Our World

Peter J. Leithart

The world of Genesis can appear to be an alien world. It’s full of strange institutions, unknown…

Eternal Matter Matters

Peter J. Leithart

Most ancient myths and philosophies, and not a few modern scientific and philosophical theories, posit or assume…

From Pro-Choice to Pro-Abortion

Wesley J. Smith

For decades, the never-ending abortion debate has been summarized by the dueling sound bites of pro-choice and…