For certain personalities, drugs such as methamphetamine have an almost irresistible appeal. Only later does it turn out that an addictive substance can take over your life, enslaving the... The…
First Things ↗Bulbous onion domes topped the Corinthian columns, and baroque stucco architraves lit up the drowsy city toward the end of day. The clock struck five as I approached the... The…
First Things ↗This essay is adapted from The Augustinian Pastor: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Ministry(Baker Academic, 2026).
Mere Orthodoxy ↗Augustine describes sin carefully to learn to see it. He does that not just so we can see it over there, but so we can learn to see it in…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗In the center of Stepanakert, the capital city Armenians call the heart of Artsakh, there once stood a white limestone cathedral crowned with a dome and bell tower that... The…
First Things ↗The Bible figures the Spirit as breath, wind, smoke, and flame. He blows where he will, circulates invisibly, flickers like glory. You can hear his voice, but you can’t... The…
First Things ↗In 1 BC, a man named Hilarion wrote a letter to his pregnant wife, Alis, while he was away on business in Alexandria. The letter survives on papyrus, preserved by…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗The Christian revolution transformed a normal practice of the Roman world into a moral offense and a crime in the Christian world.
Mere Orthodoxy ↗As students met this spring to launch our first Coverdale House reading group, we followed a standard format for the evening: we ate, we prayed, and we got down to…
Mere Orthodoxy ↗We must build institutions that seek to form Christian minds according to Scripture. If we don’t, it will be done anyway, but not in ways we want.
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