Evangelicalism

J. I. Packer: A Great Puritan

Those who knew J. I. Packer had no doubt that his lifelong reading of the Puritans fertilized his heart and mind. Continue Reading »

21 Jul 2020

In The River of the Immaculate Conception, James Matthew Wilson confirms his vocation as a public poet. Commissioned by the Benedict XVI Institute, this poem sequence of seven parts leads us through the lives of St. Juan Diego, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Père Marquette, with interludes on . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2020

Catholic Zionism

by Gavin D’Costa

In 1965, in Nostra Aetate, the Second Vatican Council affirmed that God’s covenant with the Jewish people is irrevocable. Lumen Gentium had done the same the year before, concurring with what St. Paul says about biblical Judaism in Romans 11:29 (“For the gifts and the call of God . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2020

The Case For Keeping Trump

by Peter J. Leithart

There are times when you have to oppose something just because you shouldn’t give the satisfaction of victory to its supporters. Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2019

Evangelical Elites Are Out of Touch

by Carl R. Trueman

Evangelical elites are clearly out of touch with the populist evangelical base. And lambasting the populists as hypocrites or dimwits will simply perpetuate the divide. Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2019

Defining “Evangelical”

by Samuel D. James

A review of Thomas S. Kidd’s Who Is an Evangelical?: The History of a Movement in Crisis. Continue Reading »

14 Nov 2019

All About Evangelicals

by John Wilson

What struck me on this encounter with G. K. Chesterton’s The Innocence of Father Brown is how often in these stories “evangelical” is used as a term of scorn. Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2019