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When Stars Fall
NT Wright has insisted over the years that the apocalyptic language of the gospels (Matthew 24; Mark…
More Than Anxiety
Laura Pelaschiar’s forthcoming Joyce/Shakespeare collects essays that explore the various facts of Joyce’s use, misuse, criticism, and combat…
Informative Nature
William Dembski’s latest, Being As Communion, sets out a metaphysics of information, and argues for what he calls…
The Fierce Christ of Easter Faith
Yesterday, on Easter Sunday, many sermons were preached from John 11 on Jesus’s raising of Lazarus of…
Who Will Stand?
The lynch mob came for the brilliant mild-mannered techie Brendan Eich. The lynch mob came for the…
Only the beginning
John’s account of the resurrection fulfills the promise of his prologue (John 20). Here is the Word…
First Resurrection, Second Resurrection
Elijah’s life (1 Kings 17-19) tracks that of Moses. He confronts the Pharaoh-like King Ahab, then flees…
With Fear and Trembling
Paul Griffiths’s Decreation has some harrowing passages about sin. Like this one: “What will be left of me…
God the Translator
A wondrous passage from Donne: “all mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one…
Ironies in Indiana
Some readers have asked me what I think about the Indiana RFRA controversy, as an academic who…
Duck and Cover Catholicism
As I expected, the leaders of the Catholic Church have done everything they can to avoid saying anything in…
First Links — 4.2.15
A Preview of Vol. 34: “Sailmaker’s Palm” Ansel Elkins, Parnassus The Herod Procedure: After Birth Abortion Arrives…
Praying the Lord’s Prayer in Gethsemane
When I pray the Lord’s Prayer, I often think of an essay I read years ago by…
Why Diversions Don’t Divert
Thomas considers acedia, “sloth,” as the opposite of delight. It is “sadness directed toward what ought to…
Law and Gospel in Public
Drawing on the work of Oliver O’Donovan, Jamie Smith offers a critique of natural law as an adequate…
