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The Most Objectionable Part of the Bible
We all hear about the supposed “God of Wrath” in the Hebrew Bible, and the supposed “God…
I’ll Write Til I’m Right With God
“I am a sinner, who’s probably gonna sin again” Kendrick Lamar’s breakthrough album, good kid m.A.A.d. city,…
First Links — 8.31.15
The Son of Tears Br. Augustine Marogi, O. P., Dominicana The Long Rise of the Secular Faith…
The Scope of Revelation
In the first volume of his Reformed Dogmatics (435-6), Herman Bavinck notes that the final end of everything…
Crisis of Manhood
One of the many illuminating observations in Philipp Blom’s Fracture is his observation that the early 20th century witnessed…
Converting Conversion
Evangelicalism, writes Andrew Wall, is a “protest movement,” one of many illustrious such movements in the history…
First Church of the Inner Ring
“The danger inherent in all the (necessary) work of theological statement is that it may go beyond…
First Links — 8.28.15
Our Lady of Reality Antony Esolen, The Catholic Thing The End of Walking Antonia Malchik, Aeon Does…
Follow Your Heart?
Each Israelite is commanded to fix a tassel at each of the four corners of his or…
Unity and Public Theology
In a critical assessment of the ecumenical movement published in 1957, evangelical J. Marcellus Kik assessed the…
Call the Midwife
Over at The Federalist, Joy Pullmann summarizes the case in favor of expanding opportunities for midwives to offer…
How Missions Has Changed
Writing in 1961 (Is Christ Divided?), Lesslie Newbigin reflects on the use of the phrase “foreign missions.”…
First Links — 8.27.15
Inhabiting the Psalms Heather Walker Peterson, Humane Pursuits What Should We Do With Bad Catholics? K. Albert…
Preying on Freshmen vs. Praying for Freshmen
More years ago than I care to admit, my parents drove me the three hours to my…
Doctrinal Indifference?
More conservative Christians have often charged that ecumenically-minded churches and theologians are indifferent to doctrine, aiming for…
