Hans Boersma

When I try to explain to people why we need to recover patristic interpretation, the biggest obstacle I face is the desire of my interlocutors to establish the one, true meaning of the text. When I assert that there is no such thing, I provoke raised eyebrows: I must be playing fast and loose with . . . . Continue Reading »

There are many ways to give generously. Why not make your extravagant contribution to First Things today? Continue Reading »

God wants us to become more truly like Anna, so he can give us the gift of the consolation of Israel.  Continue Reading »

Where does one turn when the devil’s mouth gapes open, and evil is ready to claim us for its own? Continue Reading »

Remember Jesus’s suffering for us, for it is when we remember God, that God remembers us. Continue Reading »

The fasting of Lent reminds us to focus on Jesus who will feed his people if they are willing.  Continue Reading »

God's mysteries cannot be solved; they are meant to be lived instead. Continue Reading »

Jesus who has come to restore all things will give sabbath restoration to our withered lives. Continue Reading »

The darkness of our lives awakens deep within us the longing for God’s coming in the flesh.  Continue Reading »

Jesus’s burden is different in kind from those of the scribes and Pharisees. With Jesus, the one giving us the yoke is himself the yoke. Continue Reading »