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Same-Sex Marriage and Our New Religious Politics
In the last week, two interesting polls have appeared, one from the Associated Press and the other…
First Links—7.23.15
Crush Planned Parenthood Kirsten Powers, USA Today Time for Rush Limbaugh to Smother Trump Matt Lewis, Daily…
Structure in Revelation 20
Revelation 20 – the millennium prophecy – is divided into four sections with the repeated phrase “and…
Book of Strange New Things
Michel Faber’s 2014 novel, The Book of Strange New Things, may be the first of a new subgenre:…
Son and Heir
Revelation 21:7-8 is set up as a chiasm: A. It is done. B. I am Alpha and…
We Are What We Hate
Every society has some over-arching religious structure, Will Herberg argues, echoing many social scientists (Protestant, Catholic, Jew,…
Postures of Prayer
How ought we to pray? Kneeling, standing, sitting, prostrate? Should we pray out loud, in song, or…
First Links—7.22.15
Utilitarian Arguments for the Family: A Recipe for Failure Bruce Frohnen, The Imaginative Conservative Cuba and America:…
Sodomy and the Bible
John Rankin submitted an amicus brief in Obergefell v. Hodges, and posted a version online. It’s a rare instance…
Word Made Militant
The figure on the white horse in Revelation 19:11-16 is identified as the “Word of God” (v.…
Jesus, Root and Seed of David
Jesus speaks His final words to John in Revelation 22:16: I Jesus sent my angel to witness…
Polygamy’s Coming. (Yawn)
Clickbait titles are rampant on the Internet, but I was still surprised to see William Baude’s article “Is…
First Links—7.21.15
A ‘Modest Proposal’, Planned Parenthood edition Kathleen Parker, Washington Post Wheaton College May Have to ‘Outsource Sin’…
Pomo Pentecostalism
David Martin (Tongues of Fire, 165) cites a study of Mexican Pentecostal healing that highlights the anti-modernity…
Structure in Revelation 19-21
Revelation 19-21:8 functions as a literary unit, broken up into subunits by the phrase “and I heard”…
