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Widowed Israel
After David sins with Bathsheba, the prophet Nathan comes to him with a “case” involving a rich…
Prohibited Speech
Wyatt Mason’s wide-ranging NYT interview with Marilynne Robinson is full of interest for Robinson’s fans. In one of…
Torah and Circumcision
At several points in Galatians, Paul distinguishes between the Abrahamic promise and the Mosaic Torah. He charges…
Normalizing Incest
At The Week, Damon Linker poses some uncomfortable questions for advocates of same-sex marriage. “Do you support the…
Manhattitude
Zadie Smith finds in a forty-foot beer ad on a nearby wall a summary of a Manhattan creed.…
On Christians and the Open Letter to the Islamic State
Recently, a group of more than 120 Islamic law scholars, many of them from very prominent institutions…
“Options” for Cultural Engagement
For Evangelicals, debates about Christian cultural engagement largely occur within Richard Niebuhr’s “Christ and culture” rubric, which…
First Links – 10.6.14
I Love Lena Ross Douthat, The New York Times California’s Neo-Victorian Feminism Robert Tracinski, The Federalist The…
Back to the Feudal
At Bloomberg, Glen Carey observes that “The Middle East may be sliding toward a warlord era, with nation-states…
Poetic Beasts
Kathleen Rooney says that poets write animal poetry for two reasons: “one is because animals provide a metaphorical…
Necessity of Atonement
Questions about the “necessity” of atonement are usually framed in terms of the character of God and…
Disruptive Gospel
Some excerpts from Ivor Davidson’s fine introduction to God of Salvation. Davidson stresses the intrusive character of the…
Praxemics
Another installment of my review of Naphtali Meshel’s The “Grammar” of Sacrifice at the Trinity House site.
Two Holidays, Two Reformations
While the broader culture celebrates Halloween at the end of this month, many Protestants will focus on…
Education or Advocacy?
Catholic University has cancelled a screening of the film Milk, a biopic of Harvey Milk, a San Francisco…
