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November 22, 2024 at 4:44 PM

The Seven Sins Against the Holy Spirit

The Seven Sins Against the Holy Spirit Daily Newsletter: November 22, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 22, 2024The Seven Sins Against the Holy Spirit: A Synodal Tragedy by Gerhard Cardinal MüllerClick here to read >>Red Menace by Peter J. LeithartCl…
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November 21, 2024 at 5:44 PM

This Is a Dangerous Moment for the U.S. Pro-Life Movement

This Is a Dangerous Moment for the U.S. Pro-Life Movement Daily Newsletter: November 21, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 21, 2024This Is a Dangerous Moment for the U.S. Pro-Life Movementby Calum MillerClick here to read >>How to Fix Our Broken Dati…
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November 20, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Ready for Weirdness

Ready for Weirdness Daily Newsletter: November 20, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 20, 2024Ready for Weirdnessby Matthew B. CrawfordClick here to read >>A Great Christian Witness, Too Little Known in the Westby George WeigelClick here to read >&…
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November 19, 2024 at 6:59 PM

Modernity’s Self-Destruct Button

Modernity’s Self-Destruct Button Wealth precedes infertility. Eventually, infertility will engender stagnation and poverty. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate M…
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November 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Woke Ideology Is Not Dead and Buried

Woke Ideology Is Not Dead and Buried Daily Newsletter: November 19, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 19, 2024Low Church Atheismby Sam BuntzClick here to read >>Woke Ideology Is Not Dead and Buriedby Francis X. MaierClick here to read >>Liberal…
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November 18, 2024 at 5:45 PM

What Catholics Should Think About Climate

What Catholics Should Think About Climate Daily Newsletter: November 18, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 18, 2024Heresy Costsby Brian Patrick EhaClick here to read >>What Catholics Should Think About Climateby S. V. ArbogastClick here to read >&…
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November 17, 2024 at 5:14 PM

Thomism

Thomism PRESENTSSUNDAY SPOTLIGHTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEWSLETTER“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” —H. W. LongfellowThis week, First Things authors trace the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas through our world—from Mammon to John Paul II. The “Dumb Ox” re…
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November 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Resist the Conception Machine

Resist the Conception Machine Daily Newsletter: November 15, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 15, 2024From LSD to Christby Mark Bauerlein Click here to read >>Resist the Conception Machineby Michael HanbyClick here to read >>The Truth Is in th…
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November 14, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Why Catholics Voted for Trump

Why Catholics Voted for Trump Daily Newsletter: November 14, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 14, 2024The Fall of Archbishop Welbyby Carl R. TruemanClick here to read >>Why Catholics Voted for Trumpby Mary EberstadtClick here to read >>Abstrac…
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November 13, 2024 at 4:45 PM

Modernity’s Self-Destruct Button

Modernity’s Self-Destruct Button Daily Newsletter: November 13, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 13, 2024The Continuing Scandal of the Vatican’s China Policyby George WeigelClick here to read >>Modernity’s Self-Destruct Buttonby Louise PerryClick he…
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November 12, 2024 at 9:45 PM

Overheard: Two Pro-Lifers Having a Chat

Overheard: Two Pro-Lifers Having a Chat Once we start down the IVF road, it will be very hard to call a halt. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Overheard: Two …
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November 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Outlaws of the American Dream

Outlaws of the American Dream Daily Newsletter: November 12, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 12, 2024Outlaws of the American Dreamby Eddie LaRowClick here to read >>Make the Conservative Party Conservative Againby Lois McLatchie MillerClick here to…
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November 10, 2024 at 5:14 PM

Smoking

Smoking PRESENTSSUNDAY SPOTLIGHTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEWSLETTER“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” —H. W. LongfellowTobacco—spiritual or sinful? First Things authors reflect.FEBRUARY 2017 ● BY PETER HITCHENSTHE FANTASY OF ADDICTIONHow does “addiction”…
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November 8, 2024 at 5:16 PM

Mixed Pro-Life News and Lessons from Election Night

Mixed Pro-Life News and Lessons from Election Night Daily Newsletter: November 8, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 8, 2024Mixed Pro-Life News and Lessons from Election Nightby Charles C. CamosyClick here to read >>Immigration Realitiesby John Wilson…
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November 7, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Trump’s Victory Is Good News for Religious Believers

Trump’s Victory Is Good News for Religious Believers Daily Newsletter: November 7, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 7, 2024Trump’s Victory Is Good News for Religious Believersby R. R. RenoClick here to read >>Christ-Haunted Sally Rooneyby John DugganC…
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November 7, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Ease Your Travels with a FIRST THINGS Tote Bag

Ease Your Travels with a FIRST THINGS Tote Bag Only $19.95 View this email in your browser Ease Your Travels with a First Things Tote Bag   As First Things provides subsistence for a…
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November 6, 2024 at 5:45 PM

The New Divide in Global Anglicanism

The New Divide in Global Anglicanism Daily Newsletter: November 6, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 6, 2024The New Divide in Global Anglicanismby Gerald McDermottClick here to read >>Taking the Risk of Freedomby George WeigelClick here to read >>…
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November 5, 2024 at 8:01 PM

Radical Ick

Radical Ick Today’s radicals lack the aesthetic virtues of their sixties forerunners. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Radical Ick Liel Leibovitz …
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November 5, 2024 at 4:14 PM

Our Problem Is Disintegration

Our Problem Is Disintegration Daily Newsletter: November 5, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 5, 2024Our Problem Is Disintegrationby R. R. RenoClick here to read >>New Yorkers, Vote “No” on Proposition Oneby Sohrab AhmariClick here to read >>Recl…
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November 4, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Democrats Close Campaign with Porn

Democrats Close Campaign with Porn Daily Newsletter: November 4, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 4, 2024Democrats Close Campaign with Pornby Megan BashamClick here to read >>Parents Without AuthorityConversations with Mark BauerleinClick here to list…
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November 3, 2024 at 4:14 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Elections

Sunday Spotlight: Elections As election day approaches, we consider the public square, its consequences, and its foundations. View this email in your browser Presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday Afternoon Newsletter   “…
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November 1, 2024 at 11:14 PM

Watch Paul Kingsnorth’s 2024 Erasmus Lecture

Watch Paul Kingsnorth’s 2024 Erasmus Lecture The recording of ”Against Christian Civilization” for your weekend viewing... View the 2024 Erasmus Lecture, given on Monday, October 28, by visiting this YouTube link.   “Against…
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November 1, 2024 at 4:30 PM

The Boys in the Bandwidth

The Boys in the Bandwidth Daily Newsletter: November 1, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: November 1, 2024On the Centenary of Sigrid Undset’s Conversionby Amy FaheyClick here to read >>The Boys in the Bandwidthby Mary EberstadtClick here to read >>Want to…
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October 31, 2024 at 4:00 PM

The Tragedy of IVF

The Tragedy of IVF Daily Newsletter: October 31, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 31, 2024The Tragedy of IVFby Carl R. TruemanClick here to read >>Overheard: Two Pro-Lifers Having a Chatby J. M. Milhauer Click here to read >>Taylor Ends the Gende…
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October 30, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Put Not Your Trust in Princes

Put Not Your Trust in Princes Daily Newsletter: October 30, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 30, 2024Hard Times A’ Comin’, Whoever Winsby George WeigelClick here to read >>Put Not Your Trust in Princesby Raymond J. de SouzaClick here to read >>Wa…
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October 29, 2024 at 7:43 PM

Ungentle Parenting

Ungentle Parenting How can the secular age provide children a moral formation? View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Ungentle Parenting Mary Harrington …
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October 29, 2024 at 4:33 PM

You Have to Vote for One of Them

You Have to Vote for One of Them Daily Newsletter: October 29, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 29, 2024Burdened By What Has Beenby M. D. AeschlimanClick here to read >>You Have to Vote for One of Themby Matthew MehanClick here to read >>Cancelin…
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October 28, 2024 at 9:00 PM

LIVE IN ONE HOUR: Livestream of 2024 Erasmus Lecture

LIVE IN ONE HOUR: Livestream of 2024 Erasmus Lecture Join us remotely for Paul Kingsnorth’s 2024 Erasmus Lecture: ”Against Christian Civilization” View the livestream of the 2024 Erasmus Lecture  by visiting this YouTube link.   …
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October 28, 2024 at 4:30 PM

The Upcoming Election

The Upcoming Election 2024 Fall Appeal: October 28, 2024Dear Reader,In just eight days, America will elect its next president.The more pressing deadline, though, is that of the 2024 FIRST THINGS Fall Appeal, which concludes on October 31 at 11:59 p.m. Make your Fall Appeal gift to FIRST …
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October 28, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Ungentle Parenting

Ungentle Parenting Daily Newsletter: October 28, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 28, 2024Ungentle Parentingby Mary HarringtonClick here to read >>Letters from the Synod – 2024: #12Edited by Xavier Rynne IIClick here to read >>The Case for Protes…
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October 27, 2024 at 4:14 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Halloween

Sunday Spotlight: Halloween View this email in your browser Presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday Afternoon Newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.”  –H. W. Longfellow …
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October 25, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Tens of thousands

Tens of thousands Dear Reader,Thanks to the support of our readers, dozens of legislators and government staffers read FIRST THINGS. Thanks to the support of our readers, hundreds of pastors, priests, and other religious leaders read FIRST THINGS.Thanks to the support of our readers, tho…
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October 25, 2024 at 4:30 PM

Book Recommendations for Christmas

Book Recommendations for Christmas Daily Newsletter: October 25, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 25, 2024Gretchen Whitmer and the Progressive Disdain Toward Catholicsby Evan MyersClick here to read >>Book Recommendations for Christmasby John WilsonCli…
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October 24, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Jane Austen’s Novels Are Darker Than You Think

Jane Austen’s Novels Are Darker Than You Think Daily Newsletter: October 24, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 24, 2024The Reopening of the American Heartby Kevin D. RobertsClick here to read >>Jane Austen’s Novels Are Darker Than You Thinkby Peter J. L…
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October 23, 2024 at 3:44 PM

Charity and Sarcasm

Charity and Sarcasm Daily Newsletter: October 23, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 23, 2024Charity and Sarcasmby Dan HitchensClick here to read >>Meditation On a Roman Pizzaby George WeigelClick here to read >>Overcoming the SixtiesConversations …
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October 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM

Taylor Swift’s Sexual Revolution

Taylor Swift’s Sexual Revolution Swift understands that conjugal acts have meaning. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Taylor Swift’s Sexual Revolution Patricia…
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October 22, 2024 at 4:15 PM

Actually Existing Postliberalism

Actually Existing Postliberalism Daily Newsletter: October 22, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 22, 2024Will Courts Recognize the Personhood of Embryos? by Anthony Jose SirvenClick here to read >>Actually Existing Postliberalismby Nathan PinkoskiClick …
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October 21, 2024 at 3:19 PM

Taylor Swift’s Sexual Revolution

Taylor Swift’s Sexual Revolution Daily Newsletter: October 21, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 21, 2024Taylor Swift’s Sexual Revolutionby Patricia SnowClick here to read >>Joker: Folie á Deux and the Anxiety of Authenticityby Adam EllwangerClick here …
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October 20, 2024 at 4:14 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Baseball

Sunday Spotlight: Baseball View this email in your browser Presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday Afternoon Newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.”  –H. W. Longfellow …
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October 18, 2024 at 3:45 PM

The Enduring Essence of the Mets

The Enduring Essence of the Mets Daily Newsletter: October 18, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 18, 2024The Enduring Essence of the Metsby John Byron KuhnerClick here to read >>Romantic Agendaby Rowan WilliamsClick here to read >>Want to read mor…
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October 17, 2024 at 4:15 PM

Tulsi Gabbard’s Culture Wars

Tulsi Gabbard’s Culture Wars Daily Newsletter: October 17, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 17, 2024The Humanity of Hospitalityby Carl R. TruemanClick here to read >>Tulsi Gabbard’s Culture Warsby Matthew SchmitzClick here to read >>Letters from …
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October 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM

New from First Things

New from First Things A remarkable First Things video that thousands of First Things subscribers have already purchased... View this email in your browser The Creed: What Christians Profess, and Why It Ought to Matter…
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October 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM

Republicans Should Think Twice About Funding IVF

Republicans Should Think Twice About Funding IVF Daily Newsletter: October 16, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 16, 2024Crossing the Threshold of Hope After Thirty Yearsby George WeigelClick here to read >>Republicans Should Think Twice About Funding I…
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October 15, 2024 at 6:56 PM

Screens and Sacraments

Screens and Sacraments Digital screens, showing too much, blind us to what is really there. View this email in your browser Latest Issue Web Exclusives Media Subscribe Donate Screens and Sacraments Anthony R.…
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October 15, 2024 at 3:45 PM

The Right Must Ease the Burden on Working Moms

The Right Must Ease the Burden on Working Moms Daily Newsletter: October 15, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 15, 2024Catholic Theology After Rahnerby R. R. Reno & Thomas Joseph WhiteClick here to read >>The Right Must Ease the Burden on Working Mo…
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October 13, 2024 at 4:14 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Christopher Columbus

Sunday Spotlight: Christopher Columbus View this email in your browser Presents Sunday Spotlight A Sunday Afternoon Newsletter   “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.”  –H. W. Longfell…
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October 11, 2024 at 3:47 PM

The End of the Age of Hitler

The End of the Age of Hitler Daily Newsletter: October 11, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 11, 2024One Cheer for Hollywoodby Peter J. LeithartClick here to read >>The End of the Age of Hitlerby Alec RyrieClick here to read >>Has Houellebecq Foun…
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October 10, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Finding Hope at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Seminary

Finding Hope at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Seminary Daily Newsletter: October 10, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 10, 2024Letters from the Synod – 2024: #5Edited by Xavier Rynne IIClick here to read >>Finding Hope at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Seminaryby Jacob …
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October 9, 2024 at 8:00 PM

An exclusive introductory offer from First Things

An exclusive introductory offer from First Things View this email in your browser Introductory Subscription Offer 1 year (10 issues) with digital access at 58% off! …
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October 9, 2024 at 3:45 PM

Trump Versus Taylor

Trump Versus Taylor Daily Newsletter: October 9, 2024 View this email in your browserDaily Newsletter: October 9, 2024Losing and Finding Amir Sekoriby Marla BravermanClick here to read >>Trump Versus Taylorby Darel E. PaulClick here to read >>Indifference Is Irresponsible by…