Some Scripture passages simply take our breath away. The gospel is precious however it is expressed, but not all sentences are made equal. Romans 8’s statements are beloved for its content—the truth that nothing can separate the believer from God’s…
Michael T. Jahosky, The Good News of the Return of the King: The Gospel in Middle-Earth (Wipf & Stock, 2020), 238 pp. During the first half of the twentieth century, a brave cadre of poet-critics, most hailing from the American South, rose…
Guy Prentiss Waters, Nicholas J. Reid, and John R. Muether, eds., Covenant Theology: Biblical, Theological, and Historical Perspectives (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2020). This volume begins with a clear assertion: “Covenant theology is Reformed theology” (23). While other theological traditions have…
We are in a time of significant social instability. Large segments of our society have demonstrated, even rioted, for the cause of “Social Justice”—an enigmatic phrase meaning different things to different people. In general, those demonstrating for Social Justice are…
Death and darkness dominate America’s Halloween celebrations. Children dress as ghosts and ghouls, and October is the season for horror films. Many Americans, both Christian and non-Christian, think that this fascination with the macabre must be anti-Christian. They may be…
On August 19, 2020, Netflix released the film Cuties, billing it as a coming-of-age story that deals with the pressing cultural issue of how social media affects young girls. The director, Maïmouna Doucouré, says that the film comes with “an…
If someone says to you, “The solution to poverty is…,” and finishes that sentence with a single word, or a single phrase that doesn’t include ‘Jesus,’ then it’s probably safe to stop listening. Our hunger for tweet-length solutions, for snackable,…
I declared at the outset of this series that the matter of justification is of essential importance because it concerns the eternal fate of souls. We’ve spent much time describing and analyzing the Reformed and Roman Catholic positions; we should now…
Editor’s Note: This article has been adapted from the preface of Biblical Patterns and Government. Too many believers take a short-term view and become frustrated or retreat altogether from the public square when setbacks occur. Improvements in government may require generations.…
As with so many aspects of the Christian life, the question of contraception requires wisdom. We’ve already considered different views of contraception, and argued that contraception is only permissible when biblical principles of human flourishing are applied within the context…
