Thanks From the Future

by R. R. Reno

Your donations ensure the future of First Things. Continue Reading »

2 Jul 2018

Taking the Lead

by R. R. Reno

First Things is not a go-along, get-along movement. Continue Reading »

25 Jun 2018

The Truth Is Not Enough

by Carl R. Trueman

First Things seeks to find and promote arguments that are both true in themselves and plausible to the wider world. Continue Reading »

21 Jun 2018

Taking on the Big-Money Left

by Mark Bauerlein

Religious conservatives can't rival the Left in money and power—but we do have on our side the truth of our beliefs and the laws of nature and of nature’s God.  Continue Reading »

19 Jun 2018

Punching Above Our Weight

by Julia Yost

First Things has no stable of staff writers, nor are we underwritten by billionaire benefactors and ad revenue from Fortune 500 corporations. Continue Reading »

15 Jun 2018

Our Mission Against Despair

by Ramona Tausz

“The work of dying well,” wrote Richard John Neuhaus, “is, in largest part, the work of living well.” Continue Reading »

13 Jun 2018

Freedom and First Things

by R. R. Reno

First Things exists to liberate modern men and women of faith from bondage to secular falsehoods. Continue Reading »

13 Jun 2018

Exceeding Our Goals

by R. R. Reno

We can make a difference in 2018. Let’s work together to renew the voice of faith in the public square. Continue Reading »

8 Jan 2018

2018, Here We Come!

by R. R. Reno

For a long time it has felt as though the currents of history were always running against us. But the world is turning.  Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2018

Our Great Cause for Life

by Matthew Schmitz

We are facing a war on the weak, and no magazine battles it in its various guises as consistently as does First Things. Continue Reading »

31 Dec 2017