Addiction Is the Disease of Desire
by Michael W. CluneThe drug problem is a health crisis, but it is even more a spiritual crisis. To confront it, we need to recover an ancient truth about desire: I am not what I want. Continue Reading »
A Laborious, and Vacuous, Instrument
by George WeigelThere is much in the Church in need of renewal and reform. The Working Document for the Synod on Synodality does not advance that cause. Continue Reading »
Scriptural Solace
by Mark BauerleinCornelius Plantinga joins the podcast to discuss his new book Under the Wings of God: Twenty Biblical Reflections for a Deeper Faith. Continue Reading »
A Parallel Polis
by Inez StepmanIn a time when there is little cultural respite from the institutional advancements of the left, First Things is indispensable to the creation of the “parallel polis.” And your subscriptions and donations are indispensable to First Things. Continue Reading »
Conservatives Don't Get the Porn Crisis
by H. A. HazonyInternet pornography is nothing like the naughty magazines of our grandfathers. The problem with pornography consumption today is not that it is a sexual vice, but that it is an addiction. Continue Reading »
Open Communion Invites the Devil to the Table
by Hans BoersmaPure hospitality applied to the Eucharist implies a universalism of the worst sort: It is the radical insistence that the church is without any positive identity whatever. Continue Reading »
We Were Made for Eternal Things
by Claire GiuntiniWhat makes First Things timeless is its focus on the eternal things. Even so, as timeless as it is, First Things will only remain so long as we continue to receive your generous donations. Continue Reading »
Word and Silence
by Mark BauerleinFr. Hans Boersma joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Pierced by Love: Divine Reading with the Christian Tradition. Continue Reading »
Cormac McCarthy Was No Nihilist
by Michael CrewsReaders would be hard-pressed to find a religious creed in the often dark works of Cormac McCarthy. But the writer's depictions of darkness are never devoid of light, however tragic or precarious its place in the narratives. Continue Reading »
Latinity and Sanctity: Remembering Bishop Victor Galeone
by George WeigelBrilliance and humility met in Bishop Victor Galeone. It was a privilege to call him teacher and friend. Continue Reading »
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