The Housewife Theologian

The Aquila Report brought my attention to yet another article written about an atheist church. Apparently, the atheist mega-church is on the rise. In this article there were several hundred unbelievers in attendance, including families with small children. It seems that atheists are feeling a...

I'm pleased to post another article from my friend, Dana Tuttle. Poor thing, when I recommend books to her now, I also expect a blog post in return. So here are some thoughts from a fellow housewife theologian: A reflection from Against the Gods, The Polemical Theology of the Old Testament by John...

This is the title of an awesome article over at The Art of Manliness blog. In it, Brett McKay opens with an embarrassing moment that has motivated him to a life of fitness. It was the dreaded fitness test in the sixth grade. Apparently the positive pep talk he gave himself while the girl before him...

Stephen J. Nichols, Getting the Blues (Brazos Press, 2008) “My daddy was a guitar pickin’ man.” This is the first line of a country song that my mom wrote about her father, my granddad. The stories that he’s told me about his childhood as a poor boy in the south, discovering music, particularly the...

While Carl Trueman was off galavanting around, Todd Pruitt and I recorded a bully pulpit for a Mortification of Spin podcast. I don't know how I get myself into these things. We discuss a recent story that broke regarding mega church pastor Steve Furtick of Elevation church, his mega house that he...

Yesterday, I listened to an enlightening podcast from The White Horse Inn titled “God in the Gallery.” Their guest, Daniel Siedell, is an art historian, professor, critic, and curator, and authored a book by the same title. I don’t know how many of you are into art history, but I love the topic. It...

Are we undermining the witness of the church if we participate in Halloween activities? Carl, Todd, and I discuss costumes, Ouija Boards, contextualization, Christian liberty, wisdom issues, and which rock stars that Carl thinks we resemble. Take a listen here .

So my daughter was playing a song in the car this week that made me think. It’s called, “Beneath Your Beautiful,” by UK artist Labrinth, featuring Emeli Sande. He is singing to a girl who seems to have it all together and opens with: You tell all the boys no Makes you feel good yeah I know you're...

I'm pleased to have a guest post today written by Persis Lorenti. She has some helpful thoughts from the Mortification of Spin episode of the 'not so subtle' forms of domestic abuse. She also provides some helpful resources. My hope with that episode is to get a helpful conversation going in the...

I love moving through a book that makes me stop and think. K. Scott Oliphint’s Covenantal Apologetics has been that way for me. I’ve had some other projects going on, so I have been returning to this book in between. Reading through it is kind of like taking a course. There are so many papers and...