Aaron Renn on Evangelicalism
by R. R. RenoAaron Renn joins R. R. Reno to talk about the shifting sands of American evangelicalism. Continue Reading »
Christmas by Dickensian Decree
by Algis Valiunas“Keeping Christmas well” entails rather more than Dickensian high spirits and well wishing to all comers. Continue Reading »
What Middle Eastern Christians Want
by Luma SimmsNot all Christians want to live in a Western-style democracy. Continue Reading »
The Failure of Evangelical Elites
by Carl R. TruemanThere are times in history when Christianity feels its place in society coming under threat. As it finds itself pushed to the margins, two temptations emerge. The first is an angry sense of entitlement, an impulse to denounce the entire world and withdraw into cultural isolation. In the early . . . . Continue Reading »
The Rise of the Religious “Nones”
by Mark BauerleinKerby Anderson joins the podcast to discuss his new Probe survey on the religious views and practices of American adults. Continue Reading »
Don’t Rejoice in the Collapse of Cultural Christianity
by Ben C. DunsonThe Christian who holds fast to the teachings of Scripture will never be loved in this world. Continue Reading »
Looking Back to Think Forward
by Francis X. MaierWhat the past teaches us most forcefully is that reform of the institution depends on reform of the individual. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousI read R. R. Reno’s charitable words on Karl Barth with great interest (“Karl Barth,” May) and would like to offer my own remarks as a supplement. At the Protestant Theologicum in Tübingen (1974–5), I spent a year sharing an office with Reno’s mentor, Ronald Thiemann. Ron’s background . . . . Continue Reading »
Upper-Class Christianity
by Stephen WolfePour la canaille, il faut la mitraille: For the rabble use the grapeshot, the Duke reportedly said of an Irish mob. No, not John Wayne (“The Duke”), but the Duke of Wellington. In America today, we often hear of two mobs, antifa and the deplorables. One mob is praised and encouraged by . . . . Continue Reading »
The Making of Christian England
by Francis YoungThe leaders of Anglo-Saxon England perished on the field of Hastings, but their legacy is everywhere. Continue Reading »
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