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One of the most remarkable features of our society is its blithe dismissal of tradition. Religious practices that have long shaped our social and political life are held in contempt. Time-tested convictions that guided generations before us are not just second-guessed but mocked and denounced.
There’s a direct tie between our response to COVID hardships and our reaction to the cross of Christ.
Read MoreNever may the theological and the pastoral be separated.
I know, never say never. But the above stated rule is an exception. Why? Theology is inherently pastoral, and the pastoral is by definition theological.
Read MoreJesus does not need us to follow him in his suffering; instead, we desperately need him to stick close to us.
Read MoreHistorical-grammatical exegesis is what conservative theologians do. Or, so many of them appear to think.
It was an introductory art lecture for undergrads at an evangelical college, and I was in the audience.
This year’s lectionary readings for the matriculation service at the seminary where I teach were rather curious.
Christian political theory cherishes Christ as the ultimate criterion of every cultural and political achievement.
Those who knew J. I. Packer had no doubt that his lifelong reading of the Puritans fertilized his heart and mind.
Read MoreThe bodily presence of Christ in the wafer and the bodily presence of the believers in church are two sides of the same coin.
Read MoreDoes our collective preoccupation with the coronavirus get in the way of our ecclesial calling to meditate upon Jesus’s passion?
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 . . . .
Read MoreContemporary monothelites typically get cold feet when it comes to confessing Christ's divinity.
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