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Fig Trees and Temples
Luke 13 begins with a discussion of guilt and disasters. Pilate had slaughtered Galileans in the temple,…
Zoom Lens Atonement Theory
Many years ago, I critiqued traditional sacramental theology for overusing the zoom lens. Many debates and many…
How Science Progresses
In his forthcoming Wondrous Truths, JD Trout offers an alternative account of the rise of modern science.…
What We’ve Been Reading—2.26.16
Matthew Schmitz Not enough has been said about how Pope Francis—a man of strong intuitions and vivid…
Invasive Gnosticism
David Gelernter claims that Trump has identified the elephant plopped on our national coffee table – political…
In Praise of Irony
Know thyself, someone said. Oh, right, answered the skeptic. “Knowing ourselves – what we are like, how…
Delivered from Sheol
The title character of Tolstoy’s novella The Death of Ivan Illych is a government lawyer who devotes…
First Links — 2.26.16
My Friend, the Former Muslim ExtremistNicholas Kristof, New York Times If You Don’t Honor Chastity…Eve Tushnet, Patheos…
Upcoming Events—2.25.16
New York: The Art of the Beautiful Lecture Series: “Beauty and the Spiritual Senses” March 12, 7:30…
Upcoming Events—1.28.16
New York: The Art of the Beautiful Lecture Series: “Beauty and the Spiritual Senses” March 5, 7:30…
The Sacramentum of Arlington’s “Old Guard”
Very few of us who truly care about religious freedom in America would put our faith in…
Of the People, By the People, For the People, More or Less
In an election year when reality seems as remote as a Pluto flyby; a year already marked…
On the Inflation of Political Speech
Reflecting on the lessons of Donald Trump in a piece at Public Discourse, Matthew Wright points to…
Contracting the Trinity
Trinitarian theology blossomed in English theology in the post-Reformation period, evidenced by the creative development of the…
Structure in 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles begins with a list of 13 names, from Adam to Japheth. From Genesis 10, we…
