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Harmonizing the Temporal Order
Christians often sway between caring about politics too much and caring about politics too little. How can we find the happy medium?
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Eucharistic Seeing
Catholics losing their confidence in the doctrine of the Eucharist is indicative of a much more encompassing wound: the loss of the sacramental vision of reality.
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Success and Sacrifice
The Christian vision of success rests on a concept we often overlook: fidelity.
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Christ as King
Christians aren’t meant to think about institutions as a necessary evil; rather, they are to give serious thought to learning meaningful patterns for robust institutional life.
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Why Excommunicate?
Excommunication may seem like a mean-spirited thing to do. So why does the Church continue to do it?
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Where the Church Grows
Christianity is booming in Africa, with growth and endurance in the face of persecution. Perhaps the West's slowness to recognize this reality points to a moral wound.
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Utopian Dreams and Disillusionment
The utopian visions of the modern West can never quite deliver: they fail to map onto a true anthropological vision of a fallen and limited humanity.
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Principle and Sentiment
The Netherlands' approval of assisted suicide for a healthy woman due to mental suffering has reignited euthanasia debates, highlighting a shift from traditional Christian values to modern autonomy and freedom.
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A Polarized World is a Clear World
A polarized world is often an uncomfortable world - but it's also a world in which the Christian mission is clear. And that’s no small gift.
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God's Sovereignty Over Our Worst Ideas
Within the modern West, it's less clear today than it might have been several decades ago what it means for a man to be a good man, where he should direct his hopes, and how he's meant to live.