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Baroque painting of a muscular man with a red cloak holding a staff with a flowing banner.
The Politics of the Gospel
Plough’s Peter Mommsen sits down for a conversation with Cornel West and Robert P. George.
Cornel West
Robert P. George
Interview
The Bruderhof and the State
A lawyer reflects on how his Christian community interacts with government.
John W. Huleatt
Essay
Historical soldier in white uniform lies on broken wooden cart as man in bicorne hat on white horse watches.
Tolstoy’s Case Against Humane War
“Get rid of falsehood and let war be war and not a game.”
Samuel Moyn
Essay
Red textured background with faint golden text about authority and God in a typewriter-style font.
Reading Romans 13 Under Fascism
The state is God’s order for hell. But Christians belong to an order of absolute love.
Eberhard Arnold
Essay
Children in headscarves and uniforms holding American flags walking on a sunny city street.
Holding Our Own
Is the future of Islam in the West communal?
Shadi Hamid
Essay
Painting of six robed saints with halos, a tree, and a man in blue standing nearby on earthy background.
The Martyr in Street Clothes
An icon reveals the hidden power of a friendship beyond boundaries.
Stephanie Saldaña
Essay

From the Editor

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Pick the Right Politics
Caesar will remain Caesar, doing some good and some bad. But we report to a different king.
Peter Mommsen
From the Editor

Insights

Colored fabric pieces hanging and waving on clotheslines against a bright sunny sky.
Living with Strangers
The isolation built into mainstream American life is bad for the soul.
D L Mayfield
Essay
Abstract painting of a person in blue riding a white horse with swirling blue and brown background.
What Are Prophets For?
God is raging in the prophets’ words.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Reading
Historical painting showing a group of men, one in red robes, confronting a bishop in ornate gold attire.
A Letter to the Emperor
Milan, AD 390: In response to a massacre instigated by emperor Theodosius I, the bishop of the city urges him to repent.
Ambrose of Milan
Reading
Two smiling women, one with blonde hair and glasses wearing red, the other with dark hair in pink checkered shirt.
The Woman Who Carried Me
We choose to thrive. To live. To love. To forgive.
Melissa Ohden
Reading

Web Exclusives

Ancient wall art with two stick figures interacting, one holding an arrow aimed at the other.
Christian Nonviolence and Church History
What would happen if all the Christians in the world refused to kill?
Ronald J. Sider

Arts & Letters

Black ink feather drawing drawing a curved line over a vintage map background.
Jakob Hutter
So we now find ourselves out in the wilderness, on a desolate heath under the open sky.
Jakob Hutter
Reading
Black ink feather quill drawing a line over a light-colored stone maze background.
Saint Patrick
And so now you, Coroticus and your gangsters, rebels all against Christ, now where do you see yourselves?
Reading
Black quill pen drawing on parchment with faded brown handwritten script in the background.
Oscar Romero
No soldier is obliged to obey an order against the law of God.
Oscar Romero
Reading
Child wearing a cap swinging on a swing set outdoors with blurred greenery in the foreground.
Boys Aren’t the Problem
Today’s early childhood situation is that of a system driven by one-size-fits-all academic anxiety.
Sally Thomas
Review
Four soldiers in uniform aiming rifles at a woman standing calmly facing them.
Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Conscientious Objector”
Am I a spy in the land of the living, that I should deliver men to death?
Julian Peters
Comic
Illustration of an artist painting a starry night scene with swirling sky and cypress trees.
Van Gogh Comics
“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow there.”
Comic
Children and adults walking in street, two kids holding American flags in a sunny urban setting.
American Muslims: Race, Faith, and Political Allegiance
Forum
Detailed black and white etching of a man with a sword confronting a woman and children on a street with a small dog.
Ministers and Magistrates
Forum