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Winter 2026

Volume 32, Number 1 · Three articles

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  1. Holiness Sara Jane Nixon
  2. Orthodoxy Richard Burnett
  3. Perseverance Douglas F. Fletcher

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In this issue

  1. Theology

    Holiness

    St. Christina the Astonishing tried to flee the stench of sinners; Isaiah collapsed in terror before the Holy One. Sara Jane Nixon argues that the content of God’s holiness is love, a holiness that draws near to sinners rather than away from them.

    Sara Jane Nixon21 min read

  2. Confessing the Faith

    Orthodoxy

    Right belief or right worship? Doctrine or doxology? Drawing on Chesterton, Athanasius, and Calvin, Richard Burnett presents orthodoxy as a costly, moving equilibrium, never stuffy and never still, that has carried the church through every storm.

    Richard Burnett19 min read

  3. Discipleship

    Perseverance

    Spiritual autobiographies remind us how the Spirit sustains faith through the long road. Drawing on Schweitzer, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, Douglas F. Fletcher names ten weapons against evil and reflects on perseverance as a gift God himself secures.

    Douglas F. Fletcher17 min read
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