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The Spirit is the Spirit of creation, hovering over the waters. The Spirit is the Messianic Spirit,…

Jesus’ message to Sardis uses the word “name” (onoma) four times, first in the sense of “reputation”…

Peter Winch argues that any comparison of social realities across cultures is self-contradictory (The Idea of a…

Bard Eirik Hallesby Norheim summarizes what Practicing Baptismmeans. It is “about letting oneself to be made a receiver,…

Psalm 26 is a chiastic text: A. I have walked with integrity and truth, vv 1-3 (Yahweh…

At the Atlantic, Adam Grant describes the findings of his study, Give and Take, where he compiled “evidence…

Next Monday, March 24–the day before oral arguments in the Hobby Lobby andConestoga Wood Products cases–the Religious…

Whither the Prosperity Gospel?Russell D. Moore, Moore to the Point The Voluntarism FantasyMike Konczal, Democracy The Nicene…

Each of the seven letters in Revelation 2-3 corresponds to a period of Israel’s history. Jesus’ identification,…

In her book on The Jews under Roman Rule(225-6), Mary Smallwood observes that the Jews of Alexandria sought…

Jesus judges everyone according to his works (Revelation 2:23), and the letters to the churches present a…

Pastor Rich Lusk observed in a sermon that the name “Jairus” (Mark 5) means “Yah awakens” (yah…

What sort of religious vision animates the novels of Cormac McCarthy? That’s the question Todd Edmonson examines…

George Friedman doesn’t think so.  Putin’s posturing over Ukraine continues his strategy of expanding Russian power and, just…

Attention all First Things readers in greater Pittsburgh: Loyal reader Bill Stickman would like to organize a…