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Glorified Occupations

31:1 — January/February 2018

Glorified Occupations

Consumer Man versus Working Man: Thoughts on the Value of Work by Hunter Baker

Vikings Under the Son

31:1 — January/February 2018

Vikings Under the Son

Timothy J. Burbery on Ragnarök, an Extreme Weather Event & the Paths to Conversion

Beggars Before Christ

31:1 — January/February 2018

Beggars Before Christ

Martin Bordelon on Taking the Measure of the Deserving & the Undeserving Poor

In Defense of Prudery

31:1 — January/February 2018

In Defense of Prudery

The Wisdom of the Victorian Quest for Innocence by David Sandifer

A Great Cloud of Moral Witness

31:1 — January/February 2018

A Great Cloud of Moral Witness

James S. Spiegel on the Solid Historical Consensus Regarding Homosexual Practice


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Enchanting Children

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Of Weeds & Fairy Tales

The Idylls, Idols & Devils That Corrupt the Moral Imagination by Vigen Guroian

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As If We Were to Be Immortal

on Death & Seven of the Last Words of Socrates by Graeme Hunter

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In Defense of Prudery

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The Audacity of the State

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27.6—Nov/Dec 2014

Tales of Forbidden Stereotypes

Real-Life Men & Women & the Tragic Loss of Human Comedy by Anthony Esolen

23.5—September/October 2010

No Ado About Something

The Loss of a Christian Understanding of Virginity Is Pure Tragedy by Eleanor Bourg Donlon

31.1—January/February 2018

Mere Sexuality

Getting Sex Wrong Is a Foundational Error by James M. Kushiner

columns

Illuminations

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on Christian hymns

31.1 — January/February 2018

The First Blood

30.6 — Nov/Dec 2017

What Was Done Before

30.5 — Sept/Oct 2017

How to Write a Hymn

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From Heavenly Harmony

by Ken Myers

on classical music

31.1 — January/February 2018

At Play in the House of the Lord

30.6 — Nov/Dec 2017

Taught by Melodious Sonnets

30.5 — Sept/Oct 2017

Passionate Praise

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A Thousand Words

by Mary Elizabeth Podles

on works of Christian art

31.1 — January/February 2018

Leonardo's Madonna and Child with Saint Anne

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First Books

by Kathie Johnson

on books for children

31.1 — January/February 2018

American History III

30.5 — Sept/Oct 2017

American History II

30.3 — May/June 2017

American History in Pictures

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Mortal Remains

by S. M. Hutchens

on theology and culture

31.1 — January/February 2018

Caspian, Solomon & Mr. Trump

30.6 — Nov/Dec 2017

The Rules of Progress

30.5 — Sept/Oct 2017

Polar Composites

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As It Is Written . . .

by Patrick Henry Reardon

on the bible and theology

31.1 — January/February 2018

The World of Paul's Mind

30.6 — Nov/Dec 2017

Tempted from Above

30.5 — Sept/Oct 2017

Book of the People

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book reviews

30.3 — May/June, 2017

The Slothful Modern
Acedia and Its Discontents: Metaphysical Boredom in an Empire of Desire by R. J. Snell—A review by Matthew Kemp

30.1 — Jan/Feb, 2017

Pilgrim's Finale?
The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible by A. N. Wilson—A review by Timothy Larsen

30.4 — July/Aug, 2017

Choosing the Good Portion
The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation by Rod Dreher—A review by Bradley W. Anderson

30.4 — July/Aug, 2017

Mortal Dangers
Defining Death: The Case for Choice by Robert M. Veatch and Lainie F. Ross—A review by Allen H. Roberts II

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