H. Richard Niebuhr famously denounced the liberal church of his day, summarizing its theology in a single withering sentence: “A God without wrath brought men without sin into a... The…
First Things ↗One of the most moving portraits of human faith and endurance I know spilled from the quill of a former fascist. Okay, perhaps not literally from a feather pen,... The…
First Things ↗My mother is fond of saying that children spell love T-I-M-E, by which she means they have an instinctive understanding of the role that sustained attention plays in the... The…
First Things ↗In this episode, First Things senior editor Dan Hitchens joins Virginia and Germán to discuss Magnifica Humanitas. Is it a disappointment or a triumph? Is it really a Boomer... The…
First Things ↗The words and phrases we use to confess our sin imply something significant about our understanding of sin.
Mere Orthodoxy ↗The Holy See has declared that, if the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) proceeds with the ordination of bishops in July without a papal mandate, those involved in... The…
First Things ↗On Saturday night, as the final seconds ticked down on the Knicks’ improbable NBA championship run, New York City erupted in jubilation. Throngs of New Yorkers flooded the streets... The…
First Things ↗The world is nowhere near as uniquely bad as you think it is.
Mere Orthodoxy ↗The problem for Augustine, and for any of us who are examining the role of habits in the spiritual realm, is that changing the deep habits of unbelief are not…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Delano Squires joins in to discuss his recent book, The Vanishing Black Family: How Welfare... The…
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