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No Faith Worth Defending

Buckingham Palace has updated the official description of the monarch’s role vis-à-vis the Church of England. No longer is the king the “Defender of the Faith”; rather, “His Majesty. The post No Faith Worth Defending appeared first on First Things

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The Wound That Does Not Heal

In Genesis 32:23–33, Jacob wrestles through the night with a figure Scripture describes as both man and God. The encounter ends without clean resolution: Jacob walks away with a. The post The Wound That Does Not Heal appeared first on First Things

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Keeping a Republic: A 250th Birthday Meditation

As we mark the national semiquincentennial on July 4, we might well reflect on Benjamin Franklin’s answer to Elizabeth Willing Powel, when the elderly sage left the Constitutional Convention. The post Keeping a Republic: A 250th Birthday Meditation appeared first on First Things

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On the Edge of America

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Michael Anton joins in to discuss his recent book, Dispatches from the Late Republic: The. The post On the Edge of America appeared first on First Things

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Your House Is Not Just an Investment

It takes approximately thirty-eight seconds for Miranda Lambert to make me cry. Her 2010 country ballad “The House That Built Me” is a tearjerker from the second line: “Ma’am,. The post Your House Is Not Just an Investment appeared first on First Things

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Sexual Ethics Is a Social Justice Issue

Pope Leo XIV recently stated that “We tend to think that when the church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual. And in reality,. The post Sexual Ethics Is a Social Justice Issue appeared first on First Things

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An Evangelical Update to Just War Theory

The first time I heard about just war theory was in my military ethics class. As midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, we understood that our nation expected more. The post An Evangelical Update to Just War Theory appeared first on First Things

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What JD Vance Found in the Church

Communion:Finding My Way Back to Faithby jd vanceharpercollins, 304 pages, $35 In the sixth book of his Confessions, St. Augustine relates a story about an encounter he had on. The post What JD Vance Found in the Church appeared first on First Things

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The Community Answering the College Faith-Abandonment Crisis

A 2007 Lifeway study found that 70 percent of young American adults who regularly attended a Protestant church in high school stopped attending upon reaching college age. Unhappy with. The post The Community Answering the College Faith-Abandonment Crisis appeared first on First Things

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Leo’s Theology of Migration

Every pope has his defining mission, a papal charism of sorts that characterizes and in time becomes a shorthand for his pontificate. Paul VI was the reformer of the. The post Leo’s Theology of Migration appeared first on First Things

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