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Renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Strange prides himself on his steady hands and his brilliant mind. A brutal car accident ruins those hands and leaves his mind in a scrambled state of desperation, leading him outside his comfort zone of Western medicine to seek help in Kamar-Taj, a mysterious monastery in Kathmandu. He believes his gambit […]
The Christian theologian is tasked with the humble calling of speaking about God. If he is any good, his meditations on the sacred Trinity materialize not just as dogmatic assertions of the faith, but as some understanding that corresponds to God in himself. Too little are we startled by how strange this is. Here stands […]
If you were to go up to a handful of people in a coffee shop anywhere around the world, you would undoubtedly get different definitions of the Church from nearly every person you spoke with. You would hear from people about their experiences with the Church, how the Church has hurt them, how it is […]
The work you have on your shelf by that classic Christian author may not, in fact, be the original work said Christian author actually wrote. People are often surprised to find that the classic works they have on their shelves are either abridgments or heavily edited works which bear little resemblance to their originals. In […]
It is trendy, especially among Christians on the political right in the US, to criticize cancel culture. It is no secret that cancel culture lacks grace and forgiveness. Even those who seem to embrace “cancel culture” distance themselves from the language of canceling. Those who relish the corporate ritual of call outs and clap backs, […]
Reading the Old Testament is an exciting experience. It is packed with stories of war, love, family drama, miracles, and more. But readers of the Bible find a particular challenge when confronted with the Old Testament law. Does the law have anything to do with modern believers? After all, didn’t the Apostle Paul tell us […]
Herman Bavinck (1854–1921) In his Reformed Ethics, Herman Bavinck (1854–1921) raised the question: “Is a Christian and Reformed ethic possible?” The answer he confidently provided was “most definitely,” and in the book he argued not for the possibility of Reformed ethics but also for its necessity. “[T]he life of Christ is implanted in us in […]
Intro: A Season of Repentance In our last piece, we reflected on how we succumbed to the fears and idols of our age. One of the casualties in the Age of COVID is the need and joy of repentance. There is always need for repentance—sin is that treacherous. Over the past two years, however, our […]
A few years ago, N.T. Wright made headlines for comparing transgender ideology with the ancient heresy of Gnosticism. Some interpreted him to be making the argument that the people involved, i.e. trans-identifying people, were heretical sinners. Rather, his point was that transgender ideology has similar principles to Gnosticism. Of course, if he had identified the […]
Over the last few weeks, our one-year-old son Jack has started pointing at things. Usually it’s pretty simple to figure out what’s caught his attention—“tree” and “squirrel” are perennial favorites, unsurprisingly. But the picture gets more complicated when it comes to his fascination with, and apparent love of, everything that happens at church. For Jack, […]
Yet another round of social commentary has been unleashed in the aftermath of Lia Thomas’ recent victory at the NCAA swimming nationals. In case you’ve been living under a rock, Lia is a biological male, who, until last year, swam on the men’s team at Penn. But this year, swimming in the female category as […]
This series continues to work through Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley’s recent, mammoth undertaking to produce a four-volume presentation of the system of Reformed theology. As before, each post looks at a particular section (or sections) within this project, rather than attempting to review a whole volume at a time, which would inevitably result in […]