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New Creation Land
Yahweh takes Israel from Egypt to a superior land. In Deuteronomy 11:8-12, He describes eight features of…
Delivering the Cosmos
In a couple of recent essays, Beverly Gaventa describes the cosmic, apocalyptic dimensions of Paul’s gospel. Gaventa…
Consuming Jews and Gentiles
Pastor Rich Lusk made the point in a recent sermon that Jesus’ miraculous feedings of 5000 and…
Techie Fashion
Leonid Bershidsky isn’t impressed with the Apple Watch: “The Apple Watch isn’t a tech miracle. It requires…
Of Faith and Doubt
Peter Berger, writing in The American Interest, makes the point that “faith is typically tinged with doubt.”…
Apostolic Lawsuit
Paul’s letters follow epistolary conventions of his time, but I suggest that it is just as illuminating,…
Art In Your Face
Jed Perl doesn’t much like Jeff Koons and his “in-your-face” art. His review of the Whitney retrospective of…
Love, Bless, Multiply
Deuteronomy 7:13 gives a succinct summary of Yahweh’s promise to Israel. When Israel goes into the land,…
Painter of Surfaces
William Deresiewicz wants to preserve the stature of John Updike. In his TNR review of Adam Begley’s Updike, Deresiewicz…
Remembering the Great Fouad Ajami
In a year replete with devastating news, the June 22 death of Middle East scholar Fouad Ajami…
Weakness of Witness
Is Catholic social teaching, to use the modern vernacular, a “real thing”? Do we have to passively…
Your Brain On Movies
Neuroscientist Jeffrey Zacks says that filmmakers know a lot about how brains work, even if they couldn’t…
Once Upon A Time
Fairy tales obviously have played an enormous role in folk culture over the centuries. Less well known…
Leaven of Scribes
Pastor Rich Lusk of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, suggests that the “leaven of their Pharisees” isn’t simply…
Jailhouse Soteriology
In his study of faith-based criminal justice initiatives, More God, Less Crime, Baylor’s Byron Johnson describes the puzzlement…
