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 »
Unless religious leaders reopen the churches, they will appear to value earthly above eternal life. Continue Reading »
Luther’s letter “Whether One May Flee From A Deadly Plague” finds that elusive middle ground between panic and foolhardiness. Continue Reading »
The Church’s concern should be to sustain the spiritual health of those entrusted to her care. Continue Reading »
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 »
Our society has eliminated yet another protection for the working man. Continue Reading »
To be a human soul is to be an embodied soul, and that featherless, biped condition is the best equipment for worship. Continue Reading »
Foodless worship is unthinkable in the Bible and has been unthinkable through most of Christian history. Continue Reading »
Justin Bieber famously got his start in the music industry at the age of thirteen after being discovered on YouTube. Several multi-platinum R&B records later, he is now twenty-one, and frequently mocked on Late Night for his bad boy antics, which include: vandalism, an arrest for drag . . . . Continue Reading »
Recently I got quite caught up in a football game on television. It was a close match right to the very end. And in a dramatic finish the college team I was rooting for pulled off the victory. Watching it was a good way of spending a few hours. I did not experience any self-transcendence, however. . . . . Continue Reading »
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