Love and Gratitude: How Dorothy L. Sayers’s 1930 Novel Challenges Modern Rescue Romance
This heated depiction of a 1930s relationship makes for good reading, and contains a great deal of wisdom compared to modern love stories.
The End of Death as a Tribal Basis in X-Men’s Krakoan Age
The only problem with creating a mutant heaven on Earth is that, for all the miraculous feats they achieve when united, mutants are still fundamentally human beings.
“All Things Change, Nothing Perishes”—The Body in Annihilation
The horror of this story is the annihilation of identity, the erosion of a personal self that has a recognizable shape.
The Life Wildcat Saves May Be Your Own
Seeking to rid hypocrisy from the lives of others can become a distraction from our need to come to Christ in repentance.
Station Eleven: Post-Apocalyptic Comedy and the Improbable Happy Ending
The novel’s plot centers on the end of the world, but here’s the thing: it’s hopeful.
Baggins/Gamgee ’24: What Hobbits Can Teach Us About Politics
We’re called to imitate Frodo’s mercy and humility as we walk through this American political Mordor.
Beware the Messiah: Dune and the Power of Faith
What is missing from the Dune films is the complexity of religion and humanity depicted by Frank Herbert in the novels.
Walter Martin’s Song, Niggle’s Leaf, and The God Who Makes All Things New
Tolkien’s story and Martin’s song tap into something that accompanies creative endeavors: the desire to make something of lasting value, to leave a mark in the world.
A Separate Bargain: How Grief Is an Act of Love
How many parents, driven to despair, have offered their lives to God or the devil if only their child could survive?
Why Mystery Is Crucial to Our Lives (And Why It’s Never Going Away)
The mysterious God of the universe uses mysteries, and His words in the Bible, to encounter and be encountered.
Blue Like Jazz and the Evolving Ethos of Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke isn’t Miller’s imaginary “Cool Christian,” but his intuitive understanding of scripture is humbling and remarkable.
Redeeming Love Does a Disservice to Hosea and to Women
Conflating the relentless love of God in a literalistic manner with the romantic love of a man and woman is harmful.
The Scandal of Reading 37 | Tiffany Kriner on Louise Erdrich’s LaRose
Tiffany Kriner joins Claude Atcho to discuss Louise Erdrich’s novel, LaRose, as it relates to the fruit of the Spirit: Peace.
Mixing Faith and Feminism: A Reaction to Bonnie Garmus’s Lessons in Chemistry
How can we better our culture to make God’s ideal plans easier to follow, and not just for those who are privileged?
CAPC’s Favorite Books of 2023
Our favorite books of 2023 include an examination of feminism, musings on culture and psychology, space opera, Timothy Keller, and more.
The Scandal of Reading 36 | Winn Collier on Wendell Berry’s Jayber Crow
Winn Collier joins Austin to discuss the work of American novelist Wendell Berry: Jayber Crow set in the fictional town of Port William
