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editorials

Rendering Not

The Claims of the Savior State We Must Refuse
by Douglas Farrow



quodlibet

Who Is the Man in the Middle?

by J. Douglas Johnson

Love & Book Learning

by S. M. Hutchens

I Shall Not Want

by Donald T. Williams

No Cheers on Election Day

by James M. Kushiner

Scriptural Life Raft

by S. M. Hutchens


anno domini

The Baptism of Clovis I

December 25, 508
by William J. Tighe


Pascal's Memorial

November 23, 1654
by J. Douglas Johnson



communiqué

Armenian Sighs

Reflections from an Ancient & Beleaguered Nation
by Thomas Albert Howard


columns

Mortal Remains

Out of the Depth

by S. M. Hutchens


From Heavenly Harmony

Restless Beauty

by Ken Myers


Illuminations

Where Even the Ivy May Bear Fruit

by Anthony Esolen


A Thousand Words

Sandro Botticelli’s Madonna of the Magnificat

by Mary Elizabeth Podles


As It Is Written...

Family Man

by Patrick Henry Reardon



37.6—Nov/Dec 2024

features

When Kings Take Counsel Together

The World May Not Rule Itself Without Christ
by Douglas Farrow


Jesus the Tekton

Timber Framing, Poetic Knowledge & the Curse of Sin
by Mark Perkins


J. S. Bach’s Accompanists

The Church Culture That Made His Musical Genius Flourish
by Christopher Hoyt


Sons of the Promise

The Rich Legacy of My Christian Father’s Jewish Wisdom
by David Lyle Jeffrey


views

Loving the Law

Anthony Esolen on the Liberated Life of Sonship & Obedience

Ressentiment & Consequences

Alexander Riley on Wokeism & What Scheler Got Right About Nietzsche’s Insight

Perennial Babel

Mark T. Mitchell on the Return of a Diabolical & Meaningless Project

Christmas Pilgrimages

Rebecca Sicree on Songs, Labors & the Welcome of Travelers & Guests

book reviews

Chinese Ebb & Flow

Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China by Glen L. Thompson
reviewed by William J. Tighe


A Holy Difference

Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World Like the Early Church
by Stephen O. Presley
reviewed by L. Joseph Letendre


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