In the Fall 2013 issue of Comment magazine, editor James KA Smith argues that we need to defend marriage precisely to protect the most vulnerable in our society. The negative effects of no-fault divorce and other legal changes hurt “the poor most of all.” Drawing on the argument of . . . . Continue Reading »
Jesus warns His disciples not to become anxious about meeting the needs of life. Take no thought for tomorrow, what you will eat or drink or wear. This isn’t folly because the disciples trusts the Father to give all that he needs, and the Father comes through. The disciples who follows . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew’s genealogy contains a summary of redemptive history, a preview of Gentile inclusion, and a foreshadowing of the coming of the kingdom. See my discussion of the genealogy at the Trinity House site . . . . . Continue Reading »
Summarizing the thought of Epictetus, Wright ( Paul and the Faithfulness of God ) points to a passage that he describes as “one of the most remarkable and noble expressions of gratitude for divine favour to be found anywhere outside the Judaeo-Christian tradition”: “Why, if we had . . . . Continue Reading »
As summarized in NT Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God , Seneca can sound like Emerson in his awed response to the haunts of nature: “If ever you have come upon a grove that is full of ancient trees which have grown to an unusual height, shutting out a view of the sky by a veil . . . . Continue Reading »
In his sketch of Greco-Roman philosophy in Paul and the Faithfulness of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God) , NT Wright quotes this wonderful passage from Diogenes Laertius that describes the Stoic method of collapsing the traditional gods into philosophical pantheism: “The deity, . . . . Continue Reading »
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