Every year, in a course I teach on American history, I make my students read J. Gresham Machen. If you want a taste of early-twentieth-century Protestant fundamentalism—and have no patience for stereotypes of red-faced Bible thumpers ranting about monkey trials—you could do a lot . . . . Continue Reading »
Most of us assume that the core doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation are as settled for the evangelical churches as they have been for the mainstream of orthodox Christianity since the fourth century. But is this a safe assumption? On June 11, the evangelical theologian William Lane Craig . . . . Continue Reading »
It has been two years since the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson, overturning Roe v.Wade. It is worth taking stock of where the pro-life movement finds itself now. Over the past few months, children have been born, and some have celebrated their birthdays, . . . . Continue Reading »
In his senior year of high school, Chris faced a spiritual crisis. He’d grabbed his brass ring: an invitation to play football at Harvard. It was “the biggest high in my life,” he says. But then the high ended, and he was left feeling empty. “I had put so much reliance on it to give me . . . . Continue Reading »
Someone somewhere long ago with a pair of hands, a bit of earthand a thirsty soul, crafteda beautiful bowl. Just as someonenot so long ago made a buffaloof chrome, a staircase madeof stone, a cracked egg of dinosaurand a pendant made of bone. Just as someone long ago with a . . . . Continue Reading »
Two owls with awls for eyes look through the leather dark.Wise, we say. And so they are, shrewd masters of their barn, great misers of the moon, . . . . Continue Reading »
Don’t set your expectations by this book’s academic imprint. Being God’s Image is, as the BibleProject’s Tim Mackie rightly describes it, “accessible.” Expect lots of exclamation points, but the author’s enthusiasm is generally infectious, not nauseating. Joy is her . . . . Continue Reading »
Ladew Gardens Hand-in-hand, through the famous garden’s roses,We stroll while gangs of children run amokUnwatched. You don’t want kids, you tell me. StruckBy the remontants, we pause, and our posesBriefly fail. Late light cut through by green shadesIn patterns like a roulette wheel. Dark . . . . Continue Reading »
Leftist attacks on Zionism, which in many quarters have devolved into overt anti-Semitism, seem strange alongside the left’s cultural agenda of diversity and inclusion. But perhaps the contradiction is only apparent. Today’s constant celebrations of diversity are meant to obscure a drive for . . . . Continue Reading »
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