This Christmas, listen to Mary Did You Know?
Trads and progressive Christians alike wrongfully criticize this powerful song
Christianity
Tuesday
Wednesday
Are angels real?
One day while out walking, William Blake saw angels sitting in the trees: “bright angelic wings bespangled every bough like stars.” He was eight years old. His fascination – some have called it an obsession – with angels lasted for the rest of his life. When he sat to have his portrait painted by Thomas Phillips, the two men began to argue about who painted a better angel, Michelangelo or Raphael. Phillips, not unreasonably, suggested that since Blake had never seen even an engraving by Michelangelo, he was not qualified to give an opinion on the matter. “But I speak from the opinion of a friend who could not be
Monday
Yes, Europe’s civilization is being erased
Trump is right to warn against mass immigration and the Islamification of Europe
Saturday
The myth of human sacrifice
Most of us indulge in mild fortune-telling. We think “If the light changes before I count to five, I’ll get the job” or “If the solitaire hand comes out my tests will be negative’, and so on. We understand prophecy as the ability to foretell the future. But biblically, prophecy was not prediction but castigation. And prophets were those who were inspired by God to describe the present. Dr. King, Malcolm X and Charlie Kirk were modern prophets. Their lives and speech forced the populace to confront the unacceptable and obvious, which is why they were killed. Mass murderers and political assassins are incapable of facing the truth that their
Tuesday
Nicki Minaj and Mike Waltz team up at the UN
‘Please join me in welcoming a daughter of the Caribbean, a champion of the oppressed and a sister in Christ’
Wednesday
Pope Leo is following in Francis’s footsteps
The new pope refuses to discipline bishops who move against traditionalists
Friday
When foreign-policy critique becomes blood libel
As on the left, there’s a significant number of people on the political right who simply hate the Jews
Sunday
The perils of Catholic social media evangelism
One of the new crop of self-made and self-credentialed online evangelists has flamed out in spectacular fashion
Tuesday
Is the religious right shifting?
The demographics of the United States and Europe suggest the left and right alike will feel the need to enlist support beyond Judeo-Christian boundaries
Tuesday
The inadequate response of Christian leaders to Charlie Kirk’s death
On the day of the assassination, the Pope tweeted not about Charlie, truth, or martyrdom, but about migrants
Two wholly different but complementary ways of looking at Christianity
Twelve Churches is a hugely accomplished and endlessly readable book, rich in historical and ecclesiastical detail
Thursday
Murder of the innocents in Minneapolis
The authorities must unearth and expose the truth of Robin Westman’s hate crime against the most vulnerable among us
Tuesday
How progressivism killed American Protestantism
Time and again, ministry to the faithful took a back seat to left-wing orthodoxy
Monday
Donald’s divine inspiration
‘I want to thank everybody and, in particular, God’
Saturday
The plight of the Midwest Protestant church
Is Middle America in a crisis of faith?
Wednesday
Why is America so unhappy?
The causes of our discontent are complicated, but they’re rooted in our drift from traditional values
Saturday
Vance is right — Britain really has ‘thoughts-and-prayers’ policing
As America recommits to fundamental freedoms, the cultural chasm with Europe has never more visible
Friday
Will science lead us back to God?
In his new book, Spencer A. Klavan takes his reader through a brief but brilliantly executed history of scientific discovery
Wrestling with Jordan Peterson
The pop psychologist’s new book is not likely to light the fire of faith in any young fan
Saturday
Catherine Nixey’s Heresy is a joy to read
Nixey takes us on a tour across the early centuries of Christianity
