Recently, while reading Sally Rooney’s hugely acclaimed novels for the first time, I messaged a friend to say how bleak I was finding them. He replied that his impression of the books was different. In a way, we were both right. On the one hand, the novels have shafts of light and humor; . . . . Continue Reading »
First Things remains relevant by focusing on the eternal, not the fashionable. It is not merely conservative, but sound. Continue Reading »
Cornelius Plantinga joins the podcast to discuss his new book Under the Wings of God: Twenty Biblical Reflections for a Deeper Faith. Continue Reading »
Fr. Hans Boersma joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Pierced by Love: Divine Reading with the Christian Tradition. Continue Reading »
We applaud our Anglican bishops’ willingness to reject neocolonial demands to accept the hegemony of the sexual revolution. But we are concerned that in an admirable attempt to resist the liberal project, they unwittingly have themselves opened the door to the use of Scripture for liberal ends. Continue Reading »
We need to confront the stark reality of our societal standing. We are entering what we might call a new apostolic era, in which we need to become missionaries to our own increasingly post-Christian society. Continue Reading »
My deep thanks to Brad East for his piece on doing theology in a divided church (“Theology in Division,” April 2023). The topic is centrally important and rarely taken seriously, as if its obviousness renders the challenge uninteresting. East’s larger points about aiming at a catholic theology . . . . Continue Reading »
Derision of Christianity merely offers smug affirmation of the triumph of one of the most powerful lobby groups within Western culture. Continue Reading »
I have never been approached by one of those pollsters with a list of questions intended to suggest how crazy “we” are (evangelicals, that is). But if I were, here’s what I would say. Continue Reading »
I bear a moral responsibility to uphold the truth and potentially disturb the comfort of those around me. Continue Reading »
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