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Creation and the Verba of Scripture
The late John Webster offers this statement about the relationship between Scripture and “dogmatic reasoning” about creation…
From Gratitude to Entitlement
Anthony Kronman begins his monumental Confessions of a Born-Again Pagan with several chapters on gratitude and its…
Austen Updated
At the New Yorker, Blythe Roberson is having fun imagining futuristic updates of Jane Austen’s novels. Real-life…
Rebuilding the Temple
Ahaz of Judah didn’t dismantle the temple, but he might as well have done. He cut up…
Saying Thanks
Robert Emmons’s study of the “new science of gratitude” (Thanks!) begins with a discussion of what gratitude…
Triune Will and Triune Decree
Many Reformed theologians have taught that redemption in history unfolds from a “covenant of redemption” (pactum salutis)…
Dunkirk: A Riveting Film of War and Survival
Of all the battles of World War II, Dunkirk is among the most important—and least discussed. While…
January 25, 2017, an Ode
My Students Two hundred kids bussed to the March for Life. Worried husband and…
Contentions and Trials
Lutheran Pastor James Prothro generously allowed me to see an advance manuscript of his forthcoming Both Judge and…
Acts of Knowing
Esther Meek (Longing to Know) uses Magic Eye 3-D pictures to probe what it means to know.…
Supreme Court Round-up
Mark Movsesian joins senior editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss recent cases appearing before the Supreme Court related…
Oded and Ahaz
The Chronicler is a generous judge of Judah’s kings. King Joash “did what was right” (2 Chronicles…
Sentimental Songs
R.W. Dale was the most prominent orthodox Congregationalist pastor in late Victorian England. As Herb Schlossberg puts…
Text and Society
Orthodox theologian Pantelis Kalaitzidis (Orthodoxy & Political Theology) follows Erik Peterson’s analysis in Monotheism as a Political…
Oldest Language?
This is old news, but still: In late 2016 Science News reported on the work of archeologist…
