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The War to End All Wars Was Won on a Cross

On Easter, we recall that the hope of lasting peace lies not in human institutions, but in the risen Christ.

Ep. 106 | Why Christians Should Be Liberally Educated

Why should Christians care about a classical, liberal arts education? Managing Editor James Diddams & Nadya Williams discuss on the latest Provcast

What Happened To Duty? 

Only with a strong sense of duty to our local communities are democracy and freedom truly possible

The Political Sermons We Need in 2024

Pastors cannot ignore the political climate and must instead work through it

Child Sex Trafficking, Open Borders, and America’s Foundations

Child sex trafficking is ineluctably tied up with America’s open borders, which cannot be fixed if Americans do not believe in America itself

Common Rest for the Common Good

Blue laws were supported by framers of the Constitution and still have relevance today

The Morality of a Revised Monroe

In the 21st Century, do we need a revised Monroe Doctrine?

Portrait of a Patriarch: Bartholomew of Constantinople

For decades, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has been a guiding light for Eastern Orthodox Christians

ALEXANDER DUGIN: Critique, Confrontation, and Chrysalis

Alexander Dugin is a serious scholar, a genuine intellectual, and a provocative social scientist who may be not unworthily pronounced the most formidable theoretical opponent of Western liberalism since Lenin.

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