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“. . . Jesus of Nazareth has been the dominant figure in the history of Western culture for almost twenty centuries. If it were possible, with some sort of super magnet, to pull up out of that history every scrap of metal bearing at least a trace of his name, how much would be left? . . .”
quoted in The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
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26.2 — Mar/Apr 2013
on the Suffering of Faith & the Paradox of Psalm 88 by Stephen Muse
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The Critical Role of Imagination in the Work of C. S. Lewis by Donald T. Williams
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Prevarications About Abortion in the Highest Places by R. V. Young
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Metaverse Delusions vs. the Reality of Body & Soul by Boyd R. Collins
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“Religion” Is Not the Right Response to Such Evil by S. M. Hutchens
35:5 — september/october 2022
Sean C. Hadley on Russell Kirk’s "Ex Tenebris" & the Moral Imagination
35:5 — september/october 2022
Lessons from Early Christians . . . and from Our Great-Grandparents by Allan C. Carlson
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Training Up a Child Requires a Well-Formed Imagination by David Mills
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The Cultural Marxists’ Strategic Assault on Religion, Life & Family by Patrick F. Fagan
31.5—September/October 2018
Errands into the Moral Wilderness
Forms of Christian Family Witness & Renewal by Allan C. Carlson
33.3—May/June 2020
Maternal Body: A Theology of Incarnation from the Christian East by Carrie Frederick Frost
Fertile Ground: A Pilgrimage Through Pregnancy by Laura S. Jansson
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32.5 — September/October, 2019
A Dual Estrangement
Between Two Millstones: Sketches of Exile, 1974-1978
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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32.4 — July/August, 2019
Then They Will Come for Us
Then They Came For Me: Martin Niemöller, The Pastor Who Defied the Nazis by Matthew D. Hockenos
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32.3 — May/June, 2019
Shame & Redemption
The Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch: A Christian's Companion for the Study of Islam
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32.2 — March/April, 2019
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Deeper Magic: The Theology Behind the Writings of C. S. Lewis by Donald T. Williams
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