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Rival Tidinesses
The Reformation and the Catholic reaction to it caused a massive split within Western Christendom, and further…
Crackdown
“The most influential work of Italian spirituality in these years, the Beneficio di Cristo (published 1543, and…
No Sanctuary
Owen Chadwick devotes a chapter of The Reformation to “the decline of ecclesiastical power.” He reviews the…
Subversive Psalmody
Diarmaid MacCulloch (Reformation: Europe’s House Divided) calls attention to the effect of Psalm-singing, spurred on by Beza’s…
Divided Protestantism and Silent Churches
Diarmaid MacCulloch (Reformation: Europe’s House Divided) points to the “bizarre fortunes” of the Bremen Cathedral to illustrate…
Religious Liberty, Religious Suppression
Brad Gregory (Unintended Reformation, 130-2) argues that, despite their obvious differences, modern states that allow free religious…
Games in the Streets
Zechariah thought utopia is a place where there are games in the streets: “the streets of the…
Tallying Up Trump
Trump is an executive, used to making twenty-five major decisions a day. Now the press is watching…
Priests, Levites, Bread
1 Chronicles 23 begins the concluding section of 1 Chronicles (chs. 23–29), which is mainly concerned with…
It’s Not a Muslim Ban
This morning at the Law and Liberty site, I have a post on the controversy surrounding President…
Judge Gorsuch’s Prime-Time Humility
So, this is 2017: A few days after issuing an incompetently executed, morally dubious, and in many…
Gorsuch After Scalia
The president’s introduction of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the nation as his nominee for the Supreme Court…
Aging and Ends
A year ago, I had a long debate about aging with a Polish friend while driving from…
Bruckner’s Gethsemane
In the 1950s, the symphonies of Gustav Mahler became a staple of orchestras throughout the world, thanks…
Ite, Missa Est
Missional ecclesiology is all the rage these days, but for many being “missional” means downplaying or even…
