Evangelical v. Anglo-Catholic Preaching: An Anecdote
An amusing story from John Stott's time as a curate.
An amusing story from John Stott's time as a curate.
Is there a connection between marriage and sanctification in Shakespeare's most famous play?
King Henry's prayer before the Battle of Agincourt has a distinctly Protestant flavor.
Shakespeare's great comedy shows a highly Protestant understanding of marriage and vow-making.
Which is more important for a king: ruling the court or ruling the people?
Why can we not bring ourselves to part with Jack Falstaff?
Augustinian selfhood and married nuns sound some potentially Protestant notes in Shakespeare's masterful farce.
Humanistic learning and jokes for Protestants in Shakespeare's bloodiest play.
Contemplating the tension between divine right and popular rule with the Bard and the Reformers.
Thoughts on oaths and loyalty in the Reformation, from a Shakespeare play you've never read.
Failed farce? Cheap misogyny? Or simple insight into the sexes?
Reflecting on Shakespeare with Plato's "Phaedrus", and thoughts on repentance.
On New Year's Day 1625, John Donne exhorted his hearers to circumcise their hearts.
Christina Rossetti's choices of meter and scriptural allusion are no accident.
Is a pointed quote from "Pride and Prejudice" carrying double meaning in an overlooked Lewis essay?
Can the evangelical focus on the cross be reconciled with a classical doctrine of God?
David Bebbington's famous "evangelical quadrilateral" can make sense of why theological retrieval unsettles some.
Despite the script's shortcomings, the Queen's death threw this British revival into an interesting new light.
Scripture, history, and wisdom all mean that republicanism remains a non-starter in Britain.
The history of Britain is the history of the monarchy, and this must be true of its future.
In 1610, there were Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant claims to a Russian throne in disarray
Did Calvin really banish spirits and demons and end up disenchanting creation?
On rainfall and death.
On the place of Christian books in the New Testament.
Another, doubtless very different, Jonathan Edwards?
Was Zwingli really just a moralist zealot?
Tracing the resurrection through the Old Testament in song
Does it make more sense to start with sin or with God?
Every age is a Christian age, and intellectuals must remember that.
Teaching theological grammar and the Gospel to 14-18 year olds, with Augustine's help.
A constructive, tentative suggestion for a troubling imprecatory psalm.
The imprecatory psalms are the prayers of both the King and his covenant people.
How do we develop the habit of thinking rightly about the incarnation?
The curses of the Psalms should be part of a normal, healthy Christian prayer life.
The first book printed in North America was a copy of the psalms. Why?
The Feast of Holy Innocents exposes us as a society of Herods.
Thoughts on John Betjeman's 1954 poem "Christmas"
Bad rulers thoughtlessly breathe decrees, ignorant that their subjects do not have a breath to spare.
How can evangelicals reconcile the church calendar with an emphasis on the ministry of the Word?
Today, non-material reality is conceivable but not believable. How does the Church perform its mission in such a world?
Why do we deprive ourselves of the Psalms when even the Pope let heretics keep them?
An ideal entry into Thomas Aquinas and his Summa Theologiae for the interested reader.
What does Zwingli's first attempt at Reformed theological education tell us about the pastoral task?
An insistence on detail is, in many ways, at the root of Protestantism.
"Repent" or "do penance"?
Getting to know Zwingli the preacher
We live in an age wary of aggressive pastors. But is it always such a bad thing?
Are evangelicals right in thinking it is always time to speak?
Any man who knocks on the door of Comic-Con is looking for God.
How can we weave church history effectively into our preaching of the Gospel?
How can retrieving a medieval cosmology help us reach an eco-conscious modern world?
How do we do right by the tragedies of Afghanistan in the pulpit?
At a basic level, good liturgy is an insurance policy against bad preaching.
Even a flick through a weekly leftist magazine reveals that society can't escape religion.
A little classical theism can go a long way with the problem of evil.
What's the value of theological retrieval in preaching and ministry?
Rhys Laverty pushes back against recent charge about the Reformation's "de-enchantment" of Creation
Senior Editor Rhys Lavetry introduces the Fall 2024 edition of Ad Fontes.
Recovering the forgotten side of C.S. Lewis.
Senior Editor Rhys Laverty introduces the Summer 2024 print edition of Ad Fontes.
A syllogism, giving conclusive proof that C.S. Lewis was an evangelical.
Senior Editor Rhys Laverty introduces the Spring 2024 print edition of Ad Fontes.
Senior Editor Rhys Laverty introduces the Winter 2024 print edition of Ad Fontes.
An original poem by Rhys Laverty
Rhys Laverty sits down with Ryan Hurd to discuss his upcoming course on the doctrine of God.
The best of Ad Fontes 2023, as chosen by Rhys Laverty, our Senior Editor.
Introducing the Fall 2023 print edition of Ad Fontes.
Rhys Laverty introduces the Summer 2023 print editon of Ad Fontes.
Our Senior Editor, Rhys Laverty, introduces the Spring 2023 issue of Ad Fontes
A long form interview with historian Tom Holland on the success and reception of "Dominion"
Introducing the Winter 2023 print edition of Ad Fontes.
Alister McGrath reflects on apologetics, the New Atheism, and Reformation thought.
Our Senior Editor picks the best of Ad Fontes from 2022.
Senior Editor Rhys Laverty introduces the Fall 2022 Edition of Ad Fontes and asks how Christians should properly enjoy literature.
A new centenary biography opens up Eliot's great poem to both newcomers and devotees.
Evangelicals have been doing theology without solid metaphysical grounding for too long.
How should the Church live when worlds end?
An original poem by Rhys Laverty
Introducing the first symposium issue of Ad Fontes, on the brave new world of metamodernism.
What does the decline of the novel have to do with Protestantism?
Devotional retrieval must accompany theological retrieval. To that end, New Whitchurch Press' republication of The Lamentation of a Sinner is prescient.
John Donne's poetic records of his religious struggles make him the ideal companion for weary Protestants.
