Blessings of Liberty

Freedom to Be Bound: The Paradox of Religious Liberty

Three lessons from Exodus 5—history’s first recorded demands for religious liberty.

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January 2025

The Federalist in a Year, With Poetry

Defending the Constitution in verse

Jan 14 • 

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December 2024

A Tale of Two Annunciations

Both Zechariah and Mary seek an explanation for their miracles, but Zechariah is seemingly punished for his question. Why?

Dec 24, 2024 • 

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September 2024

Rediscovered Mozart. Oldest Hebrew book.

Plus, an upcoming C.S. Lewis lecture, reading charred scrolls, and targeting Nazareth

Sep 24, 2024 • 

Ian Speir

October 7, September 11, World War 2, and the West

The civilizational moment

Sep 12, 2024 • 

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Pagans and plankton

Plus Sky2K, death of books, and pirate radio

Sep 5, 2024 • 

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August 2024

Settler colonialism. Contagious fertility.

Plus: Christian virtue, campus faith, intelligent plants, & a second Lewis movie

Aug 28, 2024 • 

Ian Speir

Lewis at Oxford. The dying magazine.

Two Things returns! Plus, Thursday night course, biblical archaeology, and more Holy Places.

Aug 19, 2024 • 

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May 2024

Reforming education. Ali & Dawkins Debate.

Plus, a lecture on C.S. Lewis and War and a Holy Cross hike.

May 15, 2024 • 

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Essene-tial Christianity? Mistranslating Adam's "rib."

Plus: UK religious freedom, reaping what 2020 sowed, and TV's backstory problem

May 7, 2024 • 

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April 2024

Cyber Cities and Cyber Clerics

Plus: Plato's burial place, just war vs. pacifism, and Christian campuses

Apr 30, 2024 • 

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Counter-Enlightenment. Analog nostalgia.

Plus, Passover, purple, and Pikes Peak [Two Things 4/23/24]

Apr 24, 2024 • 

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