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Why I’m Thankful for Failure

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The Danger of Dreaming about the Apocalypse

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By Donald Roth In Articles & Essays

In the wake of the Republican failure to repeal or otherwise modify the Affordable Care Act, it is increasingly likely that tax reform may be the next target on the Republican agenda. If you’ve been reading along for the last few days, I’ve been trying to lay…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

With the movie looking to be one of the biggest financial flops in recent cinema history, and with iAt’s resident snarky film critic, Josh Matthews, out of town, you might wonder why I would be volunteering to write a review of this movie (aside from a…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays

I Know Whom I Have Believed

Daily Scripture Texts Psalm 8Job 38:12-211 Timothy 1:12-14a “But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me. 13 Follow the pattern of the sound words…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

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Supreme Court Term in Review: OT 2016

Have you thought about starting your own knock-off fashion company? Planning to buy up print cartridges and resell them for extra cash? Did you finally start that band you’ve always been thinking about and you wonder if you’d be able to trademark that edgy name…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

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Discipleship and Imagination

“For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” – Romans 7:15 (ESV) Have you ever found yourself strongly echoing the Apostle Paul’s conflict in this verse? I know I…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

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Discipleship and Narrative Metaphor

Have you ever felt that you really understood something yet lacked the words to express that understanding? Sometimes, I can almost tangibly feel the contours of an idea in my head, but it seems impossible to move that multifaceted thing from my mental space through…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays

Can We Be Pragmatic and Prophetic in the Age of Trump?

This week on iAt, we host two authors with different perspectives on what the inauguration means to them, the church and the nation at large. “I have never been less enthused by what looks like my team sweeping the board.” This was my initial reaction…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays Politics

Populism and the Challenge of Democracy in 2016

Winston Churchill famously said, “Democracy is the worst form of government … except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time,” and perhaps this year in politics has many of us sharing the frustration of the first half of that…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

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Sphere Sovereignty and the Electoral College

Donald Trump was just sworn in as the 45th President of the United States after fewer Americans voted for him than his opponent, Hillary Clinton. This happened because of the Electoral College, the system where electors equaling each state’s Congressional representatives actually elect the President. Almost as…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays Law

What Did the Supreme Court Decide About the Contraception Mandate?

On May 16, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Zubik v. Burwell, the challenge to the “Contraception Mandate” in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Although, perhaps it’s too much to say that the Court made much of a decision. Instead, the per curiam 1 opinion undoes the…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Why I’m Thankful for Failure

The Danger of Dreaming about the Apocalypse

The New Tax Law in Context

What Might Tax Reform Look Like?

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

I Know Whom I Have Believed

Supreme Court Term in Review: OT 2016

Discipleship and Imagination

Discipleship and Narrative Metaphor

Can We Be Pragmatic and Prophetic in the Age of Trump?

Populism and the Challenge of Democracy in 2016

Sphere Sovereignty and the Electoral College

What Did the Supreme Court Decide About the Contraception Mandate?

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