Theology After the Virus

by Ephraim Radner

Renewed theology and theological scholarship awaits its form from among those whose wisdom is not yet mature. Continue Reading »

11 Aug 2020

Keep It Simple

by Edward Feser

How can the mathematical realm be so apparently godlike? The traditional answer, originating in Neoplatonic philosophy and Augustinian theology, is that our knowledge of the mathematical realm is precisely knowledge, albeit inchoate, of the divine mind. Mathematical truths exhibit infinity, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020

Formation for Worship

by Hans Boersma

The Christian faith does not terminate in propositions about God. This conviction comes through loud and clear in James K. A. Smith’s recently completed three-volume work, Cultural Liturgies. Smith’s trilogy may be read as a friendly yet firm word of ­caution to his Reformed . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020

Jesus: Less Than Divine

by Hans Boersma

Contemporary Monothelites typically get cold feet when it comes to confessing Christ's divinity. Continue Reading »

3 Mar 2020

A Pakaluk of Lies

by David Bentley Hart

The reason that Farrow, McClymond, Pakaluk and others cannot address the real argument in That All Shall Be Saved is that they are incapable of answering it.  Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2020

Heaven in History

by Peter J. Leithart

A review of N. T. Wright’s History and Eschatology: Jesus and the Promise of Natural Theology. Continue Reading »

13 Feb 2020

Letters

by Various

I don’t suppose it will be easy for Carl Trueman (“Turning Inward,” December 2019) and me to avoid talking past each other, but let’s give it a try. My book, The Meaning of Protestant Theology, is not an effort to engage with secondary literature. (Gerhard Forde? Never read him; don’t . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2020

Loving to Know

by N. T. Wright

In many spheres, the question not just of what we know but of how we know is urgent and vital. I have tried to develop the notion of love as the ultimate form of knowledge and to explore its wider relevance. My history with this question begins in the 1980s, when I was growing concerned by profound . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2020

Briefly Noted

by Moriah Speciale

In 1901, Rev. Maltbie Babcock wrote in a well-known hymn that God “shines in all that’s fair.” Like Calvin, Edwards, and Babcock before her, Marilynne Robinson presents in her writings a world suffused with theological significance. Robinson is known primarily as a novelist, but anyone who has . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2020

Christmas, Freedom, and Obedience

by George Weigel

True freedom, genuine liberation, comes through freely chosen obedience to God’s purposes. Continue Reading »

25 Dec 2019