Letter from London
Susan Wise Bauer

The Barbarians Have Come
Reinhold Niebuhr's daughter examines her fellow Christians and finds most of them wanting.
by Paul C. Merkley

Dirty Hands and Concrete Action
A conversation with Jean Bethke Elshtain
Michael Cromartie

Christian History Corner: I'm Dreaming of a Victorian Christmas
An ageless story reminds us of the values the Victorians can still teach us
Chris Armstrong

The American Puritans: Christian History Timeline
Dr. Francis J. Bremer is professor of history at Millersville (Pennsylvania) University. He is author of The Puritan Experiment: New England Society from Bradford to Edwards (St. Martin's, 1976).

Can Spiritual Maturity Be Taught?
An interview with Roberta Hestenes
Marshall Shelley and Larry Weeden

Father Brown Fakes the Shroud
Start with a piece of glass and some white oil paint
N. D. Wilson

Whose Natural Theology?
Alan Jacobs

Hearing Voices
How can you tell a prophet from a fruitcake? (Hint: If you're instructed to murder someone, be skeptical)
Tim Stafford

Going to Hell
David Noll

Galileo Had a Daughter
Science is always entangled in the particulars of a time and place.
Virginia Stem Owens

How Not to Read Dante
You probably missed the point of The Divine Comedy in high school.
Elesha Coffman

Christian History Corner: No Humbug
A Christmas Carol remains the quintessential holiday story, but why?
Elesha Coffman

Christian History Corner: I'm Dreaming of a Victorian Christmas
An ageless story reminds us of the values the Victorians can still teach us
Chris Armstrong

"The Good News According to Twain, Steinbeck, and Dickens"
My road to faith was paved with great literature.
Mark Storer

The Dick Staub Interview: Ken Gire's Lord of the Dance
Patch Adams and T.S. Eliot teach us to twirl with Jesus, says the author

The Christian Humanists
Tolkien joined these authors in countering the decadence of a dark century.
Joseph Pearce

The Life and Times of J.R.R. Tolkien: Christian History Timeline

The Long View: Wielding the Sword
Early believers were not as troubled as we are by the use of force
Mark Galli

Reflections:Classic & Contemporary Excerpts
Classic & contemporary excerpts on books, reading, and writing.

Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: A Gallery - Reform from on High
The English Reformation, more than others, was the work of the principalities and powers.
Don Alban, Jr., is editor of Power for Living, published by Scripture Press.

Model Martyrs
A feisty English Protestant and a meek Dutch Anabaptist take their faith to the flames.
William Flower, 1555

Battle For the Past
As traditions clashed during the Reformation, history became hotly disputed territory.
Timothy George

Why Queen Mary Was Bloody
And why her persecution of Protestants failed
David Loades is professor of history at the University of Wales, Bangor. He is author of The Reign of Mary Tudor (London, 1991).

Tell Me the Old, Old Story—and Make It New
Apologetics for our time.
Lauren F. Winner

Pick Your Shibboleths Wisely
Do we really want to be known as the generation who gave marriage over to the government?
By Daniel A. Crane

Reflections: Sin and Evil
Quotations to stir heart and mind.
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Reflections: Work and Vocation
"Quotations to stir heart and mind from Thomas Merton, Dorothy Sayers, and others"
Richard A. Kauffman

The Holy Ghost School
Four Catholic writers and their shared vocation
Lauren F. Winner

The Uncensored Merton
Timothy Jones

Led by the Blind
Visionary writing despite the loss of sight
Virginia Stem Owens

Open Debate in the Openness Debate
It's been centuries since Luther nailed his theses to a church door, but the Internet is reintroducing theological debate to the public square.
Elesha Coffman

A Friend in the Lord Protector
Oliver Cromwell and the Effort to Save the Waldensians

Books & Culture's Book of the Week: Divine Numbers
Can you say Christian and mathematics in the same sentence?
Karl-Dieter Crisman

Creation's Symmetries, God's Mystery
Blaise Pascal pioneered in math and physics but drew faith from revelation alone.
George Murphy

Anglican Priest Hopes to Boldly Go Where No Clergyman Has Gone Before
Ken Clapham wants to be the international space station's chaplain.
Cedric Pulford

Lewis the Letter-Writer
An unconscious autobiography in two volumes of correspondence.
By Michael Ward

Murder, She Wrote
P.D. James' masterful detection of the primal sin.
by Ralph Wood

Reflections: Work and Vocation
"Quotations to stir heart and mind from Thomas Merton, Dorothy Sayers, and others"
Richard A. Kauffman

Conservative Like a Fox
al Thomas hates the liberalism, but tries to love the liberal.
By Tony Carnes

The Dick Staub Interview: John Eldredge Is Wild at Heart
The author of Wild at Heart and The Sacred Romance discusses rediscovering the Gospel through a ransomed heart.

Aching for Something Deep
"For those with ears to hear, Mark Heard left the gift of a more authentic faith"
Eric Miller

Flesh and Blood in the Magic Kingdom
Frederick Buechner's most recent works shed light on the shadows of the human heart
Wendy Murray Zoba

Pick Your Shibboleths Wisely
Do we really want to be known as the generation who gave marriage over to the government?
By Daniel A. Crane

Food Porn
The secret life of chick lit.
by Susan Wise Bauer

Doing Tolkien Justice
The Christian virtues of humility and sacrifice filter through a tarnished triumph.
By Jeffrey Overstreet

The Life and Times of J.R.R. Tolkien: Christian History Timeline

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Gallery - The Inklings
Tolkien relished his weekly meetings with this club of remarkable friends.
Jennifer Lynn Woodruff--Old Boys and Ivory Towers, Thomas Howard--The Key Inkling, Edwin Tait--The Medium is the Message