Birmingham Treaders (Treaders are Touchstone readers) is pleased to host Orthodox missionary to Albania, Nathan Hoppe (of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center), to speak on his experiences and thoughts regarding the relationship of Christians and Muslims at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3251 Greendale Rd, Birminghham, AL 35243, on Thursday, July 8 at 6:30 p.m.

It is the hope of the Birmingham Treaders that it will be a local fellowship of Christians from a variety of denominations, communions, and traditions who come to have the same sense of kinship as the Fellowship of St. James, whose executive editor, Jim Kushiner, describes as "no mere ecumenical 'think-tank' but a growing fellowship of Christians from many different churches who earnestly desire to be faithful in word and deed to Christ, and who sense a kinship with one another in their reliance upon the Word, despite their differences."

The July/August issue of Touchstone is still available as your first issue if you subscribe by July 8th. The issue contains a feature on the meaning of home, an editorial on reforms that require the ultimate sacrifice, and much more. Just follow the links below to sample the latest articles:

Feature:

Christ & Katrina

Five Years Ago My Hometown Suffered an Apocalypse

by Russell Moore

View:

Winds Thy Messengers

Barton Swaim on Natural Disasters as Ministers of God

Also in this issue. . .

More Views:

Commencement Day

by Anthony Esolen

Sacred Grammar

by Patrick Henry Reardon

Other Departments:

The Leading Edge

A Circle of Love

by Phillip E. Johnson

Reviews:

My Friend in Exile

by Richard John Neuhaus

A review by William L. Saunders, Jr.

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The new issue has a stimulating line-up of articles. The lead editorial by Leon J. Podles addresses the ultimate sacrifice that some reforms require, followed by columns and views by Phillip Johnson, Ken Myers, Patrick Henry Reardon, and others.

Features include a piece on the destruction of home by Russell D. Moore, arguments in defense of marriage by Anthony Esolen, the sign of Constantine by Peter J. Leithart, and the wisdom of Don Quijote’s Sancho by Bernardo Aparicio Garcia.

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Features include a piece on humor by Anthony Esolen,

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The March/April issue of Touchstone is still available as your first issue if you subscribe by March 11th. The issue contains a feature article on the origins of Easter, an editorial on the Manhattan Declaration, and much more. Just follow the links below to sample the latest articles:

Editorial:

But Are We Christians?
by S. M. Hutchens

Feature:

Passover to Easter
On the Origins of the Primary Feast of the Christian Church
by William J. Tighe

Aso in this issue. . .

An Interview:

Bioethics & Dignity
A Q&A with Gilbert Meilaender

Other Departments:

The Leading Edge
Atheist Crusaders
by Phillip E. Johnson

As It Is Written…
Framers of the Gospel
by Patrick Henry Reardon

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What do all of these titles have in common? All are books by Touchstone editors, past and present. Recently compiled and now up on the Touchstone website, you can find this list with these books and many more. Take a minute to browse. It is a diverse selection with many items that I'm sure will interest Touchstone readers.

If you sign up today as a subscriber to Touchstone, you will be sure to receive the first issue of the New Year. Every year the first issue of Touchstone is dedicated to the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family. It has often been our most important and popular issue of the entire year.

The line-up includes:

"The Audacity of the State" by Douglas Farrow

"Polyamorous Public Policy for Children" by Patrick F. Fagan

"The Transnational Power Grabbers" by Austin Ruse

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"For Words at a Loss" by Michael Baum, Andrew & Patricia Kishler

"Mothers in the Line of Fire" by Andrew A. Sicree

And much more. . . .

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