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Ressourcement: Love and Its cost in The Letter to Diognetus
Ressourcement: retrieving our past for present faithfulness, part 2 Love and Its cost in The Letter to Diognetus The Apostle Paul’s descriptions of the social fabric of the pagan world of his day are not pleasant. “Living in malice and…
Ressourcement: retrieving our past for present faithfulness: Irenaeus of Lyons
— and his answer to the hyper-spirituality of Gnosticism Michael A G Haykin Contrary to much of modern thinking, there is truth and there is error. And just as it is vital to find the one–without truth there can be…
Is There a Sweet Spot?
Sometimes I find myself intellectually frustrated as both a reader and a writer. I have read a good number of academic books that I highly recommend to people, knowing they will never be cracked open. For example, Dr. Gregory Beale’s…
Is Family-Integrated Worship the Historical Norm?
Advocates of “family-integrated worship” — a fancy term for keeping kids of every age in church services rather than shuffling them off to the nursery/crèche, Sunday School (UK), or Children’s Church (US) — generally claim their practice as the historical…
Positively Powerless
“Just think positive.” “Sending positive thoughts your way.” What is behind statements like these that are so often given in encouragement? Laura Martin has written a book showcasing how the New Thought movement has undermined Christianity. “New Thought believed…
Paul Within Judaism
Mark D. Nanos and Magnus Zetterholm (eds.), Paul Within Judaism: Restoring the First-Century Context to the Apostle. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015 It is nearly forty years since the publication of E. P. Sanders’s Paul and Palestinian Judaism (1977) initiated a…
Paul Within Judaism
Mark D. Nanos and Magnus Zetterholm (eds.), Paul Within Judaism: Restoring the First-Century Context to the Apostle. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015 It is nearly forty years since the publication of E. P. Sanders’s Paul and Palestinian Judaism (1977) initiated a…
God’s Voting Guide? (and an aside on Bernie’s socialism)
What should we look for in a candidate for president? That seems to be a pressing question for Americans right now. Rick has recently told us not to talk up or opt for socialism because “socialism is evil.” It’s worth…
A Conversation about Islam with Karen & Carl Ellis
I recently had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with Karen and Carl Ellis to discuss some issues surrounding the Church’s role in the discussion over Islam, how reformed theology can speak into the exchange between both faiths, the situation…