Augustine’s Apocalypse—and Our Own

by Peter J. Leithart

Augustine is a guide to facing crises, some real, some imagined, with firm confidence. Continue Reading »

10 May 2024

The Best Consoler

by Mark Bauerlein

David Bonagura joins the podcast to discuss his new book Jerome’s Tears.  Continue Reading »

2 Apr 2024

Letters

by Various

I appreciated Mark Bauerlein’s recent essay “System’s Failure” (November 2023) on some of the many flaws in “systemic bias.” There is, however, a much easier way to dismiss the whole enterprise out of hand: when proponents are unwilling to start with the government’s K–12 education . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2024

Critical Grace Theory

by Carl R. Trueman

As debates over critical race theory rage on, both in society and within the church, one important point seems to have been missed by all sides: Many of the most important biblical writers were among the sharpest critical theorists of their day. I may be naive to imagine that an appreciation of the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2023

St. Ambrose’s Advent Hymn

by E. J. Hutchinson

Here is a new English verse translation of one of St. Ambrose's most popular compositions, which takes the Incarnation of the Son of God as its theme. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2022

How to Stay Orthodox

by Joel Looper

Here we have the question that keeps Trevin Wax and so many evangelical ministers up at night. Why are so few of our people interested in the Bible?  Continue Reading »

24 Nov 2022

Paul Miller Contra Augustine

by Daniel Strand

Whatever my disagreements with Miller’s book, and they are many, this is the direction debate over Christian nationalism should take. Continue Reading »

19 Oct 2022

Turning from Calamity

by Hans Boersma

It is as if heaven itself turns down to the earth, while simultaneously, the earth turns up to the sky. The kiss of righteousness and peace is the Advent kiss of the hypostatic union of God and man. Continue Reading »

9 Dec 2021

Hope and Her Daughters

by Francis X. Maier

The virtue of hope has two beautiful daughters, anger and courage: anger with the way things are, and courage to change them for the better. These powerful words (you can find them all over the internet) are attributed to St. Augustine. Unfortunately, they may not be his. A friend of mine who is an . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2021

Ever Ancient, Ever New

by Bryan Kerns

The challenges rending the Church today are strikingly similar to those of centuries ago. Continue Reading »

22 Feb 2021