In a stringently monolithic Japan, multi-cultural churches are pointing Japanese to Christ and welcoming them into his global body.
Archives for March 2024
Evangelical roundup for March 25, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Reuters discovers Trump evangelical media. Are evangelicals responsible for violence in the Middle East? Evangelicals disrupt pre-Lenten partying in Brazil. World Vision on Gaza: Are evangelicals placing power over politics? Russell Moore tries to […]
Legal Sausage-Making and IVF
The LePage case in Alabama deserved a wiser political response
Power and privilege and the Passion
At Christmas, we are often asked to consider “what child is this?” At Easter, among other things, we might ask, “what power is this?”
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week Cultural stagnation When a Black female head of a D.C. school was “punished for leading“ Paul Tillich Why some Girl Scout cookies get cut from the roster. Soong-Chan Rah reviews […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Arena blog:
Swing Low
This election season Pennsylvanians have come out swinging—again
Blessing of Unicorns: AI does peer review; walls, walls, walls; family; and Ovid
AI does peer review; walls, walls, walls; family; and Ovid.
Evangelical roundup for March 21, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals and the Middle East Remembering Letha Dawson Scanzoni Evangelicals in Cincinnati Three-quarters of white evangelicals think it is important to have a presidential candidate who shares their beliefs. 6% of white evangelical voters […]
Archive Life
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Sellouts
Schumer’s call for new elections in Israel is nothing short of cowardly politics.
REVIEW: The Value of Homemakers
The presence of parents throughout the day enriches home and neighborhood alike
The kids who get left behind: Emma Green’s article on Classical Education raises important questions about American education as a whole
Emma Green’s New Yorker piece raises important questions with implications that go beyond Classical Education.
The Author’s Corner with Michael T. Bertrand
Michael T. Bertrand is Professor of History at Tennessee State University. This interview is based on his new book, Southern History Remixed: On Rock ’n’ Roll and the Dilemma of Race (University Press of Florida, 2024). JF: What led you […]
Michael Douglas plays Benjamin Franklin in new miniseries
“Franklin” is coming soon. The miniseries, which will start on April 12, 2024, is based on Stacy Schiff’s A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America. Watch:
Eric Metaxas continues in his unhinged state
Eric Metaxas believes Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech was “satanic” and Biden himself is a “puppet of the devil” who displays a ‘horrifying malevolence.” Metaxas says that he has not seen such a level of lying before in […]
REVIEW: Why Aren’t Americans Having Children?
In Timothy P. Carney’s book, a complicated question receives an illuminating answer
Toward a heavenly education
Art exists precisely because there is more to reality than meets the eye.
The Author’s Corner with Elizabeth Kalbfleisch
Elizabeth Kalbfleisch is Associate Professor of English at Southern Connecticut State University. This interview is based on her new book, Making the Radical University: Identity and Politics on the American College Campus, 1966–1991 (University of Massachusetts Press, 2024). JF: What led […]
Mike Pence will not endorse Donald Trump. Does it really matter?
Last week Mike Pence announced that he would not endorse his former boss, Donald Trump, in the November 2024 presidential election. It made for an interesting story– but I doubt Pence’s decision will make any political difference. Why? Because I […]