Carl R. Trueman

The Christian is truly free not because the church provides a safe space of personal affirmation, but because she offers new life in Christ. Continue Reading »

A donation to First Things is an investment in human intelligence. Continue Reading »

A recent New York Times article is worrying, though perhaps not so much for the content as for what it reveals about this present age. Continue Reading »

We need a new understanding of what is at stake.  Continue Reading »

Contrast in educational philosophies could be the difference between a free society and one dominated by gulags, whether of the Siberian or university variety. Continue Reading »

When it comes to the sexual revolution, yes: In Catholic teaching you may have told us so.  But in your actions, you have not shown us a better way. Continue Reading »

Outrage over Boris Johnson's recent article takes us to the heart of several problems now afflicting liberal democracies. Continue Reading »

Postcolonial theory, for all its jargon, is built upon simplistic binaries. Continue Reading »

Christian liturgy—and God himself—have become victims of the abolition of the pre-political. Continue Reading »

First Things seeks to find and promote arguments that are both true in themselves and plausible to the wider world. Continue Reading »