Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Willa Cather’s Answer to Exile
For me, one of the most poignant scenes in literature is the opening of Shadows on the…
No Mystical Body on the Religious Right
Russell Moore’s 2016 Erasmus lecture, “Can the Religious Right be Saved?,” provided a wide-ranging indictment of the…
Aristotle and the Elections
Elections can make you wonder about where you live. It can be frightening to share so little…
Tolerating political diversity
“How can anyone vote for him?” “How can anyone vote for her?” In a contentious election between…
The Gospel According to Jack Chick
Jack Chick passed away last week. If the name sounds obscure, would it help if I mentioned…
The Priesthood of all Believers
Today is Reformation Day, so called because on October 31, 1517, Dr. Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk…
Sex and Sin in Protestant America
The now infamous second presidential debate was a spectacle that few decent Americans want to witness again.…
A Paulist Priest’s Wonderful Life
At ninety-five, Fr. James Lloyd is the oldest living Paulist priest. But you’d never know that from…
Dirty Hands and Political Despair
John Adams famously wrote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is…
Packer at Ninety
Several years ago Alister McGrath and I had a conversation about our friend, J. I. Packer, his…
Making Better Men
When I was growing up, my father was my primary model of what a man should be.…
When Things Fall Apart
Most of the reasoned arguments for Donald Trump follow from larger theories about the demise of our…
Flannery O’Connor’s Genius and Grace
Before she died at the age of thirty-nine, Flannery O’Connor dismissed the idea of a biography—believing her…
Why do Christians Revere Jerusalem?
It’s perhaps not sporting to mock the New York Times when it tries to address Christianity. Pointing…
The Eternity of God
The Scottish theologian James B. Torrance (1923-2003) published in 1997 a brief but brilliant book titled Worship,…
