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The Hypocrisy of Masks

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We shall not all sleep...

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July 31, 2022 at 7:59 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Humanism

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2022 Austin Lecture with Carl R. Trueman

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July 26, 2022 at 6:29 PM

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July 25, 2022 at 8:59 PM

What is death?

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July 24, 2022 at 5:14 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on China

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July 21, 2022 at 6:59 PM

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July 20, 2022 at 7:59 PM

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July 19, 2022 at 6:00 PM

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July 18, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Check out these essays from our August/September issue!

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July 17, 2022 at 5:14 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Poetry

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July 15, 2022 at 2:59 PM

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July 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Upcoming First Things Events

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July 12, 2022 at 7:59 PM

Christianity and Poetry

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July 10, 2022 at 5:14 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Tolerance

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July 6, 2022 at 7:59 PM

The final numbers

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July 5, 2022 at 6:29 PM

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July 3, 2022 at 4:44 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Capitalism

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July 2, 2022 at 7:00 PM

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June 30, 2022 at 4:00 PM

A final invitation

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June 28, 2022 at 8:54 PM

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June 27, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Yes

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June 26, 2022 at 4:44 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Music

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June 24, 2022 at 5:04 PM

Roe has fallen

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June 23, 2022 at 7:59 PM

Where faith belongs

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June 21, 2022 at 8:29 PM

All We Need Is Everything

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June 20, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Marveling at the paradox of limits

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June 19, 2022 at 4:44 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Slavery

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June 16, 2022 at 2:00 PM

A powerful voice for intellectual seriousness

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June 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Alternative Realities

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June 13, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Do you care about the same truth?

Do you care about the same truth? View this email in your browser   Dear Reader, “BFFs.” Facebook “friends.” The horrid “friends with benefits.”  As with terms like “love,” the increasing prevalenc…

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June 12, 2022 at 4:45 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Work

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June 11, 2022 at 2:00 PM

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June 9, 2022 at 2:01 PM

Shelter from the storm . . .

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June 8, 2022 at 4:14 PM

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June 7, 2022 at 6:44 PM

Architecture of Repair

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June 5, 2022 at 4:29 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Gnosticism

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June 2, 2022 at 7:46 PM

Corrected Link: R. R. Reno on Transgenderism

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June 2, 2022 at 6:59 PM

The Public Square: R. R. Reno on Transgenderism

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June 1, 2022 at 8:00 PM

Exceptional summer reading from First Things

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May 31, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Regime Change, American Style

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May 29, 2022 at 4:29 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on the American Founding

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May 26, 2022 at 6:59 PM

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May 24, 2022 at 7:44 PM

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May 22, 2022 at 4:29 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on Michelangelo

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May 18, 2022 at 6:44 PM

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May 17, 2022 at 7:00 PM

A Gentler Christendom

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May 15, 2022 at 4:59 PM

Sunday Spotlight: Two Essays on the Enlightenment

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