Paul Griffiths, Decreation: The Last Things of All Creatures. Texas, Baylor, 2014. 431 pp. $68.99 Paul Griffiths’s Decreation is systematic theology in grand, classical style. Eschewing the notion of “eschatology” because of its ambiguity and (one suspects) its modernity, Griffiths probes…
There are plenty of trolls on the internet. But one thing I have always loved about blogging is being sharpened by thoughtful readers who leave comments. I did not expect my post about John Piper’s answer to the question…
It’s been the design of Reformation 21, of late, to deal with the best books by some of the keenest minds. By trying to stay at the forefront – and, therefore, to bring to our readers books that will set…
This is the fourth (and penultimate) article in this series on theological eschatology. To read the other installments, you can find the introduction here, the second here and third here ~ Mark McDowell, editor “I believe in the resurrection of the…
This is the fourth (and penultimate) article in this series on theological eschatology. To read the other installments, you can find the introduction here, the second here and third here ~ Mark McDowell, editor “I believe in the resurrection of the…
Can Christians vote for Carly Fiorina for President? If so, aren't the questions of whether women should lift weights in the gym or how they should give traffic directions to men a bit of a non-issue? Or am I missing…
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (Acts 2:42). One of the greatest needs of our dark times is for the Christian church to regain her true identity…
It is obvious to me from nature that killing children (born or unborn) is unambiguously a Bad Thing. At the same time, the foregoing has not historically been taken as obvious–or, at least, human beings often have not acted in…
It is obvious to me from nature that killing children (born or unborn) is unambiguously a Bad Thing. At the same time, the foregoing has not historically been taken as obvious–or, at least, human beings often have not acted in…
In recent decades, Western culture has developed what the business analysts might call a ‘scarcity mindset’. There are good reasons for this of course. For a long time, we’ve been behaving like a teenager in a bedroom, consuming non-renewable energy…
