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Dear Reader,

You don’t know me. But you have done more for me than you could possibly know.

I am a pastor and a “charter subscriber” to FIRST THINGS. For more than three decades, FIRST THINGS has nurtured me in my ministry with its keen theological, cultural, literary, artistic, and political insights.

In other words, I’ve been nurtured in my ministry by FIRST THINGS readers like you.

Today, I’m writing to you on behalf of a magazine that you and I both cherish. The 2023 FIRST THINGS Year-End Campaign runs through December 31 and aims to lay the groundwork for the next three decades of serving pastors like me and people like you.

Would you join this indispensable community of supporters by making a special year-end contribution to FIRST THINGS today?

Because you’re reading this, I trust you know that FIRST THINGS is not like any other journal. FIRST THINGS not only sharpens my intellect; it expands my (sometimes cold, grinchy) heart. It feeds my soul.

As a FIRST THINGS subscriber, you become part of a circle of friends passionate about, well, first things—that is, the things of God first and foremost, and the things that befit his ways and word to us.

Every issue of FIRST THINGS—especially in those dark years of “lockdown”—calls to mind this vital truth: I’m not alone. There are at least 30,000 strong out there who’ve not bent the knee to Baal, either. And such assurance is literally priceless.

Of course, publishing this priceless journal does itself come with a price. For more than thirty years, FIRST THINGS readers have answered this call, giving generously to make this journal and community possible—nay, thrive.

Will you answer the call today?

Please make your first charitable contribution to FIRST THINGS today. Thank you for all of your support.

Faithfully yours,

Rev. Kevin W. Martin

Raleigh, NC