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Faith and Fatherhood on Film
On this episode of the First Things Podcast: Associate editor Julia Yost talks to junior fellows Veery…
God the Underwriter
David’s ecstatic prayer in 1 Chronicles 29 – the last words he speaks in Chronicles – includes…
Political Theology in Stone
Listening to architect Daniel Lee teach a Theopolis course this week, I had many moments of insight.…
Catwalks through the Middle Realms of Heaven
A Thickness of Particulars: The Poetry of Anthony Hechtjonathan f. s. postoxford university press, 288 pages, $35.00…
Chiasm of Joy
David’s speech to the assembly of princes (1 Chronicles 29:1-9) has a roughly chiastic form. It begins…
A Cheap Shot on Chaput, Esolen, Dreher
“When did Christians start stealing scripts from home security commercials?” That’s the opening line of an Acts…
Age of Silver
David’s plan for the temple is partly a floor plan. He gives Solomon the pattern for the…
Sources of Inequality
In his recently-published The Great Leveller, Walter Scheidel summarizes evidence from archeology and anthropological studies to answer…
Classicists and Romantics
David gives Solomon the “plan” (Heb. tabnit) for the temple. Unlike Moses, David doesn’t have to climb…
Pigs and Beautiful Women
“As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion”…
Gold of Ophir
David and Solomon traded in gold from “Ophir.” Later Jehoshaphat attempted to revive the trade route, but…
Poetry and Performance
In an old Paris Review interview with Robert Frost, the interviewer mentions a poet who writes from…
Divine Laughter
Stephen Halliwell begins his Greek Laughter by calling attention to the difference between philosophical and poetic notions…
Why Do We Laugh?
Robert Provine (Curious Behavior) notes that we can’t laugh on command, and that tells a lot about…
Nietzsche, Destroyer of Idols
In an essay in the journal European Legacy, Norman Fiering summarizes the thought of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy on…
