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Bibliophobia, Piety, and the Times We’re In

January 4, 2024

The Prayer Book Society published a fascinating piece on anti-Prayer Book sentiment from the late 1500s to mid-1600s—that roiling chapter of western church history marked by religious wars and rumors…

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On Popularizing “Liturgical”

December 1, 2023

From what I have observed, the voices on prominent publishing platforms that are praising the excellencies of “liturgy” to the American evangelical world are often likely those that do not…

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It’s Not About the Coffee

October 6, 2023

John Piper kicked over a hornet’s nest. The well-known preacher and writer recently posted on X: “Can we reassess whether Sunday coffee-sipping in the sanctuary fits? ‘Let us offer to…