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Esau and Jacob Redux
When Bathsheba gets word that David’s son Adonijah is making himself king, she gets worried (1 Kings…
Of Mules and Kings
Solomon rides to his coronation on a mule (1 Kings 1:38). It’s not just any mule, but…
At Gihon
Solomon’s coronation takes place at Gihon (1 Kings 1:38), a water source near Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32:30).…
Theopolis Institute Accreditation
A press release from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accounability: BIRMINGHAM, AL – The ECFA (Evangelical Council…
The Good-Enough Marriage
I have a good marriage. Is it a great marriage? I don’t know. Do we squabble? Plenty.…
Leonard Cohen, Culture Warrior?
Leonard Cohen has spent decades claiming that he is a kind of soldier. On tour in the…
Upcoming Events — 12.03.14
New York American Education and the Separation of Church and State: Fact vs. Fiction Thursday, December 4…
An Eel Wrapped Inside a Moray Hidden Inside a Lamprey
In a post about an hour ago, Deputy Editor Matthew Schmitz draws our attention to a Think…
Silent Voices
Robert Okin’s Silent Voices is a beautiful, disturbing, sad book. A practicing psychiatrist, Okin spent time on the…
Being With, Being Towards
The appendix to Stanslas Breton’s The Word and the Cross is an interview of Breton with Richard Kearney.…
A Man in the Land of Uz
The Book of Job: A Biography? by mark larrimore ?princeton, 296 pages, $24.95 The book of Job…
First Links — 12.2.14
Do We Speak the Same Language as God? Alan Montefiore, Standpoint How The Strand Keeps Going in…
Life in the Spirit
The flesh is weak, vulnerable. We don’t like being weak and vulnerable. So life according to the…
Spell for Menacing Wildcat
In their contribution to Purity and the Forming of Religious Traditions, Michael Guichard and Lionel Marti recount a…
What Is A Symbolic Boundary?
Symbolic boundaries might appear to be merely metaphorical. They aren’t real boundaries. We only treat them as…
