Eucharistic Donkeys
by Hans BoersmaJesus’s burden is different in kind from those of the scribes and Pharisees. With Jesus, the one giving us the yoke is himself the yoke. Continue Reading »
Bishop Barron on the Old Testament
by Mark BauerleinBishop Robert Barron joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Great Story of Israel. Continue Reading »
Reno Contra Mundum
by Markus BockmuehlThis journal’s editor has given us a book that is at once timely and important and that invites Christian biblical studies and theology to reengage each other in a task of uncommon urgency. For me as a biblical scholar, it is an honor to be invited to that dialogue in these pages. Biblical . . . . Continue Reading »
Churchly Interpretation of the Bible
by Mark BauerleinR. R. Reno joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The End of Interpretation: Reclaiming the Priority of Ecclesial Exegesis. Continue Reading »
Epiphany at Cana
by Peter J. LeithartBy turning water to wine, Jesus reveals that he comes to transform the old order, with its purity rules, into a new order of joyful celebration. Continue Reading »
Fear of the Word
by Hans BoersmaMy students are afraid to preach—not all of them, but more and more, it seems. And it is often the brightest and most eloquent, those who are least justified in parroting Moses’s excuse—“I am slow of speech and of tongue”—who lack the confidence to open the Scriptures for the . . . . Continue Reading »
What Are Biblical Values?
by Peter J. LeithartA new book marginalizes the Bible's ethical claims in the public square. Continue Reading »
Advent Arrow
by Hans BoersmaScripture demands an Advent posture. The most important things are not the ones we see. Continue Reading »
Heresy at a Jesuit College
by Charlotte AllenA New Testament professor at the College of the Holy Cross has suggested Jesus was a “drag king” with “queer desires.” Continue Reading »
Why We Shouldn’t Change the Lord’s Prayer
by Anthony Esolen“Lead us not into temptation” is the most accurate English translation of the original Greek phrase in the Lord’s Prayer. Pope Francis can’t find a better rendering. Continue Reading »
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