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Atonement on the Ground
NT Wright complains about the marginalization of the Gospels in atonement theology. He doesn’t think it’s an…
Silver Linings for Never Trumpers
Most of my friends decided very early to join the “Never Trump” ranks. Now that Trump has…
Parthian Invasion?
Some commentators on Revelation give the Parthian empire a major role in the book. The Parthian empire…
Rahner’s Wordless Trinity
In his freshly published Triune God, Fred Sanders emphasizes that God’s self-revelation is a communicative act, and…
No Protestants on the Court
At the Liberty Law site, I have a post on the absence of any Protestant Christians on…
Structure in 1 Chronicles 17
David wants to build Yahweh a house, and Nathan the prophet approves (1 Chronicles 17:1-2). That night,…
If It Be Your Will
The famous Montreal poet and songster died earlier this week. Here is a song he wrote at…
Post-Election Roundtable
On this episode of the First Things Podcast: Editor Rusty Reno, senior editor Mark Bauerlein, associate editor…
So Close, So Far
In a scintillating poem, “Late Apocalypse,” Scott Cairns (Slow Pilgrim, 214-5), Scott Cairns gives the sharpest, pithiest…
Confessionalization and Division
I have only two quick responses to Toby Sumpter’s generous and thoughtful review of (a part of)…
Jezebel and Babylon
Paul Duff (Who Rides the Beast? 90) calls attention to five parallels between the prophetess Jezebel of…
Dooyeweerdian Impasse
In an essay on radical Augustinian social critique in his Religion, Truth, and Social Transformation, Lambert Zuidervaart…
Protestant Radical Orthodoxy
Lambert Zuidervaart’s essay on “radical Augustinian social critique” is, of course, mainly about Radical Orthodoxy. He devotes…
Giving Modernity Its Due
Lamber Zuidervaart thinks that Christian scholars have a “modernity complex” (Religion, Truth, and Social Transformation, 222). He…
Hegel the Theologian
Enrique Dussel (Underside of Modernity) explains Hegel’s defection from Kant in theological terms. Inspired by Schiller’s distinction…
