Rosaria Champagne Butterfield. Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ. Pittsburgh, PA: Crown & Covenant Publications, 2015. 206pp. $12.99 “Follow me as I follow Christ.” So Paul unsubtly implores on several occasions…
Rosaria Champagne Butterfield. Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ. Pittsburgh, PA: Crown & Covenant Publications, 2015. 206pp. $12.99 “Follow me as I follow Christ.” So Paul unsubtly implores on several occasions…
Socialism is Merely Human: a response to Rick Phillips’ Blog post, “Socialism is Evil” The attraction of young voters to Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign has puzzled some observers. The bewilderment is often mentioned in conjunction with Sanders’ declared vision of…
“One thing,” Martin Luther writes in the Freedom of a Christian (1520), “and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is _______.” Knowing Luther to be the author, we’re quick to assume that “faith” belongs…
Introduction Hebrews 12.28 prescribes that Christian worship be grateful, awe-filled, and reverent. Hebrews 12.29 describes why Christian worship should be so: “our God is a consuming fire.” In the preceding post, we paused to consider the significance of this imagery…
Evangelicals Now is a monthly evangelical newspaper printed in the UK that is now available in an online version. EN contains news, interviews, articles, commentary and book reviews plus much more. It’s a terrific way of keeping up to date…
I came back from a bit of travel to discover some remarkable responses to my recent blog post against socialism. In particular, David Robertson, the current moderator of the Free Church of Scotland, exploded with indignation that violations of biblical ethics…
Over the last few years, movies about Christianity have begun to trickle into the theaters with more frequency. We’ve had Old Testament stories like Noah (2014) and Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014). We’ve had contemporary family dramas like Courageous (2011)…
Over the last few years, movies about Christianity have begun to trickle into the theaters with more frequency. We’ve had Old Testament stories like Noah (2014) and Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014). We’ve had contemporary family dramas like Courageous (2011)…
The response to my piece on the Ligonier statement was interesting. So far I haven’t seen any critical engagement with the content of my criticisms, though many have asked why I did not also critique the statement for not affirming the…
