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Demonstration of Righteousness
“Did God need to justify Himself?” Barth asks (Church Dogmatics, IV.1, 567). Does He need to demonstrate…
Same-Self Marriage
It’s only a trickle, not yet a trend, but it is out there, and it has a…
First Links—11.15.14
Wonder and the Ends of Inquiry Lorraine Daston, The Point Literary Fight Clubs Elaine Showalter, Prospect Magazine…
Anselmian Abelard
In his study of Abelard’s soteriology, Logic of Divine Love, Richard Weingart the common claim that Abelard’s doctrine…
Cruel Kindness
Abelard insisted that human beings cannot be held guilty of acts that the did not commit. And…
Costly Forgiveness
Like some other recent writers on the atonement, Sharon Baker argues (Executing God, 125), in a fashion…
No Sacraments, No Protestantism
Phillip Cary of Eastern College has argued, “Protestantism cannot carry through its own deepest intention – to…
What We’ve Been Reading (& Listening To)
David Nolan St. Aelred of Rievaulx’s Spiritual Friendship has been getting a great deal of attention recently,…
Positive Chastity
Readers of First Things who are teachers and administrators at secular colleges know what happens in formal…
Pentecostalism and the Question of Culture
In a recent article for Christianity Today, Ed Stetzer offers some sociological analysis as to why Pentecostals…
Nicholas Kristof’s Argument for Sterilization
Nearly a century ago, Margaret Sanger promoted birth control as a way to put an end to…
First Links—11.13.14
Liberty and the Environment Ronald Bailey, The New Atlantis Reason and the Republic of Opinion Leon Wieseltier,…
Infusion, Imputation, and Luther
Distinguishing Catholic-infused from Protestant-imputed is difficult to sustain, since Luther frequently claims that justifying righteousness is “within”…
Not Last Adam
The title of Benjamin Dunning’s Christ Without Adam summarizes one of the key themes of his book. He devotes…
First Links—11.12.14
How Did Amazon End Up as Literary Enemy No.1? Keith Gessen, Vanity Fair The Rise of Christianity…
