“I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” (John the Baptist, Mark 1:8) Although many of us are unable to follow, we really ought to commend the Pentecostals for doing something with the notion of Holy Spirit baptism. For the rest of us, it is subsumed under the notion of the Spirit as gift, with reception becoming the controlling motif. Baptism in the Spirit becomes a metaphor for...
Kyle Strobel uses the eroticism of the Puritans to critique Mark Driscoll’s ongoing narrative about effeminate worship leaders. Elizabeth Antus analyzes compulsive eating from a Christian theological perspective. Matt Jenson discusses Anselm on the fitting nature of divine justice. According to Virginia Postrel, Harvard’s new “Kindness Pledge” is deleterious to serious learning. As a purely historical point, Denny Burk says that the Apostle Paul was a widower. Carl Trueman says that Al Mohler’s argument for a...
The message of the gospel points us to a new possibility for life—nay, a new actuality of life. The divine fullness has entered into time, and history is bursting at the seams. As the world hurtled onward towards the abyss, God came bodily in Jesus Christ and embraced death and reprobation—“making peace by the blood of his cross” (Col 1:20). In the ultimate maniacal flourish, we made war with the creator. God defeated our opposition...
Some links worth checking out: (By the way, if you’ve read (or written) a particularly fascinating or infuriating post during any given week, don’t hesitate to wing it over to us. We may include it here. Email: mattwilcoxen at gmail dot com) Ben Witherington III interviews N.T. Wright on Wright’s forthcoming translation of the New Testament. Kim Riddlebarger says the dichotomy of optimism vs. pessimism is not helpful for analyzing eschatologies. Dane Ortlund critiques pastors...
I watched The Help this past weekend. It was a wonderful film and I think it has to be the early favorite for best picture. In fact, I find it nearly unfathomable that another movie would be able to beat it. If you have not already seen it, you should drop whatever you’re doing and head to the local cinema. It’s that good. Unlike my hipster friends, I really enjoy a film with a happy ending....
Disclaimer time: the views expressed here do not represent you know, whoever disagrees with them. Oliver O’Donovan’s The Desire of Nations is a difficult but spectacular book that seeks to ‘rediscover the roots of political theology’. It is essentially a long theological exposition of the concept of authority in the Bible, with a focus on the way in which earthly authorities are both established and relativized by the advent of God’s authority in Jesus. I...
Jason Goroncy has the post for today: a nice little poem about the Sabbath. NT Scholar C.K. Barrett recently passed away. Cliff Kvidahl pays tribute. Michael Horton asks, can someone be Reformed and Charismatic? Nijay Gupta reminds us of the importance of context for exegesis with a helpful note about Bonhoeffer. James K.A. Smith on orthodox doubt vs. “emerging” doubt. You’ll have to jump in mid-discussion, but Peter J. Leithart defends a type of “biblicism”. Michael...
Yesterday one of my friends on here linked to a post by Carl Trueman. It was critical of the emerging church movement. (On a side note: are we still talking about these people? Boring.) Anyways, at one point Trueman said of this movement: Truth as assertion, truth as rest, was out; truth as journey or conversation was in. The thrill was not in arriving; it was in the traveling itself. It is, of course, a...
In an interesting story made more intriguing by its setting, last year a church in the Bible belt joyfully agreed to host Ramadan. The Memphis Islamic Center was closed for renovations, sending the leaders of the mosque looking for an alternate venue with relatively little notice. Having a hard time finding a place that could host nightly prayer events during the month-long festival, Muslim leaders turned to their next-door neighbor, Heartsong Church. They asked pastor...
A collection of links worth checking out. Carl Trueman says reactionary ex-evangelicals should stop projecting their individual experiences onto a universal level. (JD) Michael Horton uncovers theological problems with Rick Perry’s and Michelle Bachmann’s respective views of government. (JD) Philip Leclerc has made a documentary exploring the methods and effectiveness of modern youth ministry. His conclusion is rather bold. You can watch it online for free. (TG) Princeton law professor Robert P. George on losing marriage to...
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