Body

The Battle for the Body

The battle for the status of the body is as much a battle for the imagination as it is for doctrine. Continue Reading »

21 Sep 2023

Jesus’s resurrection gives life to our souls and dispels the darkness of our minds. But it’s not merely psychological or spiritual. Now in the present, our bodies share in Jesus’s bodily resurrection. Continue Reading »

14 Apr 2023

Coercion and Conversion Therapy

by Ephraim Radner

A recent letter signed by leading English church leaders implies that encouraging people to live the sexual lives ordered by their biological sex is a form of oppression. This strikes me as completely misconceived. Continue Reading »

14 Apr 2022

Rowan Williams and Our Sentimental Age

by Carl R. Trueman

The recent letter to Boris Johnson from a number of British religious leaders is an example of how sentimental mush has come to replace careful moral reasoning in the minds of so many. Continue Reading »

14 Apr 2022

A Protestant Theology of the Body

by Mark Bauerlein

John Kleinig joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology of the Body. Continue Reading »

20 Jan 2022

Bring Back the Body

by Sohrab Ahmari

In 2014, France’s High Audiovisual Council, the government body that regulates broadcast advertising in that country, banned one of the most moving TV commercials ever made. Titled “Dear Future Mom,” the ad addressed women pregnant with children diagnosed with Down syndrome. “Dear future . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2021

Mortal Frames

by J. Todd Billings

A Time to Keep: Theology, Mortality, and the Shape of a Human Life by ephraim radner baylor, 304 pages, $49.95 A Time to Keep is an odyssey—a journey through childhood and adolescence, work and sexuality, aging and dying. The reader encounters Sigmund Freud on dying and death, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2018

Evangelical Gnosticism

by Abigail Rine Favale

I teach in a great books program at an Evangelical university. Almost all students in the program are born-and-bred Christians of the nondenominational variety. A number of them have been both thoroughly churched and educated through Christian schools or homeschooling curricula. Yet an . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2018