Over at the First Things site, David Hart launches out at the Oxfordians, ending with this suggestion: “No Oxfordian has yet convincingly responded to the ‘stylometry’ problem, for instance. If they were really on their game, however, they would argue that this merely exposes . . . . Continue Reading »
The account of Abraham in Hebrews 11 is divided into four paragraphs, each marked by “by faith” (vv. 8, 9, 11, 17). The account is organized by two overlapping structures. First, there is a parallel cycle: A. Country: Abraham called from Ur, v 8 B. City: Abraham looks for city, vv 9-10 . . . . Continue Reading »
No discussion of Yoder would be complete without yet another review of the question of pacifism. But this is no tangent from the present discussion. God calls kings to inhabit His city. He promises that they will respond. When they do, do they remain kings? Can they be disciples of Jesus while . . . . Continue Reading »
The following two posts excerpt from my response to Mark Thiessen Nation and Vigen Guroian, who critiqued my Defending Constantine at a session at the recent AAR national meeting in San Francisco. My response can be summed up with two questions, one for Vigen and one for Mark. To Vigen, my question . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a wonderful example of the depth of Yoder’s OT discussion: “Primal religion assumes the total known community as the bearer of meaning of sacral history: whether it be the whole village, the tribe, the kingdom of even the empire. The sacralization of life in primal cultures . . . . Continue Reading »
John Nugent’s The Politics of Yahweh: John Howard Yoder, the Old Testament, and the People of God [Theopolitical Visions series] is an important contribution to the study of Yoder’s work, as well as a provocative survey of the political development of Israel in the Old Testament. . . . . Continue Reading »
A recent New Yorker piece argues that big business remains the driver of economic growth: “the truth is that, from the perspective of the economy as a whole, small companies are not the real drivers of growth. One can see this by looking at the track record of the world’s economies. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Twice in the opening question of the Summa , Thomas justifies some institution or practice in the church with a reference to the need for saving truth to be communicated to the uneducated many. Are sacred doctrine, and revelation, necessary? Yes, and partly because “the truth of God such as . . . . Continue Reading »
I offer some reflections on contemporary worship music at http://www.firstthings.com/ this morning. As noted there, I owe most of my ideas to Ken Myers. . . . . Continue Reading »
In a response to Biggar in another issue of Studies in Christian Ethics , Hays claims that “Jesus never told stories in which the good guys kill the bad guys.” Really? What will the owner of the vineyard do to the vine-growers, Jesus asks, and they say, “He will bring those . . . . Continue Reading »
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