First Links — 9.14.15

Why Conservatives Should Read Marx
Johnny Thakkar, The Point

Lambeth’s Benedict Option
Sarah Puryear, Living Church

Is The Pope a Socialist?
William Droel, Patheos

How Achilles Can Help Us Understand Donald Trump
Charlotte Hays, Acculturated

Isn’t it Ironic? Grace in the Wages of Sin
Kent Lasnoski, Dappled Things

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