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Who Does the Kingdom of God Belong To?
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By Joshua Heavin
Who does the kingdom of God belong to? In Luke 18:15–17, Jesus welcomes children. He takes them up into his arms, blesses them, and declares that the kingdom of God exclusively belongs...
The Joy of Naming the World
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In my congregation we tend to welcome a lot of babies.
Just this month we saw four new image bearers take their first breath and vault into the first stage of action in the world. Apart from sh...
On Becoming a Historian of Chromatic Theology
One of my strongest memories from the late 1960s, when I was immersed in what was then called the counterculture, was sporting colored shirts and pink-striped, grey trousers. My colored clothes gave me a deep sense of having been freed from...
The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Living and Dying
HBO’s Hacks made a splash when it began in 2021. The lead actress is Jean Smart, who plays Deborah Vance, a veteran stand-up comedian looking for a comeback. She finds herself working with an inexperienced comedy writer, Ava Daniels, played...
The Kiln of Proceduralism: On the Failures of Magnifica Humanitas
John presses a finger to his terminal. There is a soft chime. Therapy has begun.
Some text appears on the glowing screen. “(I’m registering that you’ve selected the ‘Simply Human’ agent for today’s session. You can return to the ‘Ancient L...
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Reader, writer, historian
Pilgrim seeking the beatific vision. Writer of essays, novels, book reviews. Contributor at Mere Orthodoxy, Mockingbird, 1517, and elsewhere. Researching the English Reformation. Servant of the Secret Fire. \ud83d\udd25
Teacher, Author, & Speaker; Interpreting culture from a Christian perspective ⛪\ud83d\udcdaTheologian in Residence at FPCO.org \ud83c\udfd9️Founder of The Collaborative wecolabor.org \ud83e\udeb4PorchLife newsletter casethorp.com
Nadya Williams is Books Editor at Mere Orthodoxy and Interim Director of the MFA in Creative Writing at Ashland University. She is the author of three books, including Christians Reading Classics (Zondervan Academic, 2025).
Discipleship Pastor at Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church. Author of The Augustinian Pastor (forthcoming, Baker Academic) and T.F. Torrance as Missional Theologian: The Ascended Christ and the Mission of the Church (IVP Academic, 2021).
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Pastor & poet. Walnut Creek PCA
Neuroradiologist and author of "Superbia: The Perils of Pride. The Power of Humility." Writing on pride, humility, and why they matter for the church, culture, and the brain. Visiting scholar, Reasons to Believe. Follow here and at swilling.com.
John Ahern (PhD, Princeton University) is the Director of the Coverdale House.
Writer, attorney, husband, dad. Author of "Martin Luther's Theology of Antitrust" (2025).
Cameron Shaffer is the Pastor of Langhorne Presbyterian Church, a PhD candidate at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the author of "Keeping Kids Christian", and a board member of the World Reformed Fellowship
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