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Evangelical Universities, Activism, and the Life of the Mind
I have made no secret of my disagreement with the historical and theological reasoning Mark Noll employed…
The Powerless Poor
It’s a truism of Old Testament studies that “poverty” in the Bible isn’t merely an economic condition.…
Evangelicals, Heresy, and Scripture Alone
Back in 2014, LifeWay Research published a worrying study that suggested most Evangelicals hold views the early…
School Exodus
Allison Benedikt doesn’t know me, but she thinks I’m a bad person. Not “murderer bad,” mind you.…
Sodom and Jericho
Before Joshua begins the battle at Jericho, he encounters “a man” with a sword who identifies himself…
Civil Righteousness and the Gospel in the American Church
In Democracy in America, Tocqueville discusses what he thought was a strength of American Christianity—and it is…
Richard Swinburne on Sex, Family, and Life
A controversy has erupted in the past week over responses to a keynote delivered by Richard Swinburne…
Laodicean Water
Since at least the early 20th century, commentators have claimed that the messages to the seven churches…
Wesleyans and the Reformation
It’s that time of year again, when Protestants begin to reflect on what the Reformation has meant…
Between the Capitals of the World
Today, I took my last train ride to Grand Central Terminal, on my way to the New…
What We’ve Been Reading—9.30.16
Mark Bauerlein Mark Helprin’s The Pacific and Other Stories is the book. It is a powerful grouping…
The Podcast Is On Vacation
Back and better than ever next week. Till soon!
A Distinction without Discipline
Every time someone tries to defend communion for the divorced and remarried, the reform they are proposing…
The Unpopular Popular Humanities
Many years ago, a distinguished English professor and department chairman at an Ivy League school told me…
Jesus v. Hercules
In The Clash of Gods (6-8), Thomas Mathewes describes the “staggering” revolution that took place in late…
