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Is it Really Bad if God Brings Something Good out of it? C.S. Lewis, Joseph,...
“Is it really a bad thing if God does something good with it?” You may have heard this kind of question before. Maybe in a discussion after your philosophy 101 class, or a Bible study, or in a coffee...
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No Such Thing as a Dumb Question?
I must confess that I’ve always thought the phrase, “There’s no such thing as a dumb or bad question” to be a bit silly. Admittedly, patience with ignorance has not historically been a strength of...
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“Out with Philosophy! Just Preach the Gospel!” Or Something Like That
Looks like he’s philosophizing. STOP THAT! For a long time now Paul’s discourse at the Areopageus in Acts 17:16-31 has been a favorite text of mine. As a philosophy student in college I loved the...
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The Love Song of Immanuel Kant
The man, the myth, the father of needlessly obscure German philosophers. So one day when I was really bored in my modern philosophy class, a not infrequent occurrence, I wrote a poem using only Kantian...
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Common? High? Pop? What Kind of Culture Is It? (With Some Help From Roger...
The notion of ‘culture’ has fascinated me ever since I first got my hands on Lesslie Newbigin’s The Gospel in a Pluralist Society in which he lays out his vision for engaging Western culture for the...
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The ‘Technical Stuff’ Matters in Preaching (Or, Theology is Unavoidable)
Matthew Levering makes a point I’ve seen confirmed time and again in my own preaching and teaching with college students and young adults: Most Christians contemplate God liturgically and through...
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STAHP Confusing Physics with Metaphysics
“Well, according to quantum physics we now know that God’s activity in the world must be…” “Biology has taught us about the human anatomy so our Christology needs to reckon with…” “In light of our...
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Augustine Against the Gods and the City of God For a New Age?
As I’ve mentioned recently, I’ve finally taken up Augustine’s City of God in my reading and after the first seven books (of twenty-two) have been finding it immensely enjoyable and intellectually...
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Gratitude: Leithart’s History of Western Philosophy According to Grandma’s...
I love a good intellectual history when I can get my hands on one. Intellectual histories, if done right, give you a solid blend of philosophical (theological, etc) engagement, history, and joy of a...
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Barclay’s “Paul and the Gift” According to Barclay W/ A Couple Of Notes
Everybody has been raving about John Barclay’s Paul and the Gift. Peter Leithart’s given the work some extended attention and my Mere Fidelity podcast compatriot Andrew Wilson has been blogging through...
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God’s Love Isn’t Neat and Tidy (The Uncontrolling Love of God, Review)
Evil—it’s a problem that asks, demands, cries out for explanation. The psalmist grasps the nettle when he asks, “How long, O Lord?” In the Western philosophical tradition, the question has been,...
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Common? High? Pop? What Kind of Culture Is It? (With Some Help From Roger...
The notion of ‘culture’ has fascinated me ever since I first got my hands on Lesslie Newbigin’s The Gospel in a Pluralist Society in which he lays out his vision for engaging Western culture for the...
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Justification by Faith and the Theologian in History
For all the revolutionary claims made about his program, Karl Barth was a historically-minded dogmatician. In section after section of small print paragraphs, Barth will frequently canvas sources from...
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