J. I. Packer: A Great Puritan

by Hans Boersma

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 0

Wheat and Tares, Saints and Frauds

by Raymond J. de Souza

Good and evil are so intertwined that sometimes it is hard to recognize which is which. Continue Reading »

21 Jul 2020 0

Onward!

by R. R. Reno

The First Things mid-year campaign was a great success. Continue Reading »

21 Jul 2020 0

Back to Unalienable Rights

by Seth D. Kaplan

The report from the Commission on Unalienable Rights is a call for thought, reflection, debate—and action toward making the human rights field as relevant as it once was. Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2020 0

Conservative Jurisprudence Without Truth

by Hadley Arkes

Bostock struck at the very root of the law in denying the necessary way in which human beings by nature must be constituted. Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2020 0

A Regime of Machines

by Peter J. Leithart

In a regime of automation, the spirited man comes to seem dangerous, “maladaptive,” “a bug in the system.” Continue Reading »

17 Jul 2020 0

Hagia Sophia: Past and Future

by Thomas F. Madden

Hagia Sophia should no more be a mosque than the Parthenon should be restored to the worship of Athena. Continue Reading »

17 Jul 2020 0

Our Marcusan Moment

by Carl R. Trueman

If critical theory in its demolition of the past can often degenerate into an ideological justification of ingratitude, then Marcuse was both its pioneer and its poster boy.  Continue Reading »

16 Jul 2020 0

Why I Love Trains

by Peter Hitchens

The feeling of peace and irresponsibility that spreads through me as the train heaves itself out of the station is a special joy. Continue Reading »

16 Jul 2020 0

The Roberts Court Attempts a Compromise

by Mark Movsesian

This Term, both progressives and the traditionally religious can claim victories in the debate over sexuality, gender, and equality. Continue Reading »

15 Jul 2020 0