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Den of Thieves
Jesus condemned the temple as a “den of thieves.” He was quoting Jeremiah, who said that the…
Why Protestants Can’t Write, II
If the writer must be open to the manifestation of God in “what-is,” she must begin with…
Apocalyptic Herods
C. E. Douglas’s 1915 study of Revelation, The Mystery of the Kingdom, is an eccentric work in…
First Links — 1.29.16
Dispatch from Sundance Alissa Wilkinson, Christianity Today What Do Anti-Abortion Demonstraters Want (Besides An End to Abortion)?…
Witherspoon Institute Summer 2016 Seminars
The Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey (where I work) is now accepting applications for seven summer…
Matthew 25 and John Kasich’s Authentic American Conservatism
The press styles John Kasich as a moderate rather than a conservative Republican. That’s weird. Moderate? Schmoderate!…
Kings and the Land
Israelite kings were not to be like kings of the nations (Deuteronomy 17). Kings from the nations…
Why Protestants Can’t Write, I
Blame it on Marburg. The 1529 Colloquy at Marburg attempted to reconcile Lutherans and Zwinglians on the…
Buy One, Not the Other
The Tre Ore, the “three hours,” is a Good Friday devotional exercise that marks the last hours…
Just One Hello from my Neighbor
I want to tell you a story. Part of it is my story. But the important part…
Conspiracy v. Faith
Judah is threatened by an alliance of Syria and Israel, who are frightened by the expanding Assyrian…
Dickensian Existentialism
In one of the great essays on Great Expectations, J. Hillis Miller claims that Pip exemplifies a…
Dionysian Nation
Yahweh takes a vine from Egypt and plants it in the land (Isaiah 5; Psalm 80). He…
China’s Population Crisis: An Evangelical Opportunity?
State-sponsored cruelty has been a staple of the human condition for millennia. But has there ever been…
Revisiting “Revisiting Faithful Presence”
For at least a generation if not more, no book has had a bigger impact on the…
