Postcards from Palookaville

OK, as we enter the fourth post in this series, I am conscious it might be starting to look a bit like one of those oh-so-godly-but-goodness-me-aren't-they-dull-as-ditchwater series one finds occasionally in reformed magazines, with titles such as `Reflections on the Life of That Eminent Servant of...

The second mark of a true theologian for Luther is, to use his chosen Latin word, tentatio . We might translate this as `testing' or even `temptation,' but, within the context of Luther's thought, where, when he writes in German, he uses Anfechtungen , it means something more akin to `terrible...

The second mark of a true theologian for Luther is, to use his chosen Latin word, tentatio . We might translate this as `testing' or even `temptation,' but, within the context of Luther's thought, where, when he writes in German, he uses Anfechtungen , it means something more akin to `terrible...

The first thing that makes a theologian, according to Luther, is the grace of the Spirit. This is the foundation on which all else rests, as it is this which defines the theologian as a human being. I noted yesterday that, for Luther, theology is personal action, the response human beings to the...

The first thing that makes a theologian, according to Luther, is the grace of the Spirit. This is the foundation on which all else rests, as it is this which defines the theologian as a human being. I noted yesterday that, for Luther, theology is personal action, the response human beings to the...

I want to start a short series of posts today on Martin Luther's understanding of what makes a theologian. The sources for reflection are primarily two: a passage from his Table Talk (no. 3425; not as far as I know available in the standard English translations) and the preface to the first edition...

I want to start a short series of posts today on Martin Luther's understanding of what makes a theologian. The sources for reflection are primarily two: a passage from his Table Talk (no. 3425; not as far as I know available in the standard English translations) and the preface to the first edition...

While the judicial overturning of the gay marriage ban in California was hardly unexpected, it has raised a number of points of interest for discussion. Perhaps the most significant comment I have heard over the last few days was on MSNBC's Morning Joe program where one of the pundits observed that...

While the judicial overturning of the gay marriage ban in California was hardly unexpected, it has raised a number of points of interest for discussion. Perhaps the most significant comment I have heard over the last few days was on MSNBC's Morning Joe program where one of the pundits observed that...

Having just agreed to write a short introductory text on the life and thought of Thomas Aquinas for a Protestant audience, I have spent the last few days pulling various primary and secondary texts off my shelves to refresh my memory of the great man. I used to teach an Honours course on his life...