Becoming a serious and receptive reader
David Lyle Jeffrey offers a thoughtful reading of C. S. Lewis’s account of thoughtful reading
Why theologians should be on their knees
John Webster on rapture and receptivity in the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar
The eclipsing of happiness
Reinhard Hütter on the Christian recognition that happiness is only intelligible in light of the end for which we were created
The scantily clad public square
Reinhard Hütter on the necessity of the virtue of religion
Merciless moralism bereft of moral reasons
Dallas Willard explores how moral passions on campuses — and elsewhere — are now immune to rational examination or critique
Why lectures or scolding won’t change behavior
Dru Johnson on healing the scars of community-ritualized violence and uncertainty
Seeing things as they are
F. A. Lea on the imaginative vision of G. K. Chesterton
The first virtue of citizenship: Taking the law seriously
Oliver O’Donovan reflects on how the reality of the Kingship of Christ must be affirmed as a present reality
Erotic love (allegedly) conquers all
C. S. Lewis on why the “right to sexual happiness” makes totalitarian demands
First-fruits of the age to come
Lesslie Newbigin on God’s use of material means to convey redemptive transformation