David T. Koyzis

In the wake of the controversy over Love Wins, someone recently suggested to me that perhaps hell is not eternal after all and that those sent there might one day complete their sentences, much as a prisoner serves for a certain period and is then released. It’s an intriguing and hopeful . . . . Continue Reading »

Having come across the Red Letter Christians blog of Tony Campolo and others, I am reminded again of why I am not a red-letter Christian. There are two basic reasons:1. It effectively and improperly privileges a canon within the biblical canon, implicitly elevating Jesus’ words above the rest . . . . Continue Reading »

The fading of the mainline protestant churches over the past two generations has not been limited to the United States. North of the border, in the True North Strong and Free, a similar phenomenon has occurred. Canada’s National Post carries this article in its weekend edition: The split in . . . . Continue Reading »

I have not thus far weighed in on the controversy surrounding the publication of Rob Bell’s Love Wins. But I will call attention to an astute analysis of the “new universalism” by Calvin College’s James K. A. Smith: Can hope be wrong? On the new universalism. I was especially . . . . Continue Reading »

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If the very things that draw students to biblical scholarship and to the study of politics are excluded from the two disciplines, then something is seriously amiss in the way both are conceptualized by their mainstream practitioners. Continue Reading »

Have you ever noticed that accusations of hypocrisy are almost always levelled by those desiring to loosen rather than to tighten standards of behaviour? If all standards were suddenly to evaporate, it would save accusers the trouble of identifying people as hypocrites because there would be no . . . . Continue Reading »

I have recently posted my freshly composed versification of the ancient Greek hymn, the Phos Hilaron (??? ??????), which is the most ancient Christian hymn outside the Bible itself, dating back at least to the 3rd century AD, if not earlier. It is an evening hymn most appropriately sung at the . . . . Continue Reading »

I recently found this wonderful quote from St. John Chrysostom through one of my current students:If we keep vigil in church, David [the author of the psalms] comes first, last and central. If early in the morning we want songs and hymns, first, last and central is David again. If we are occupied . . . . Continue Reading »

Perhaps it has something to do with my first name, but I have always been fascinated by the biblical book of the Psalms. I grew up singing from a hymn book in which the Psalms set to meter were given a prominent place. The liturgical practice of singing the Psalms has ancient roots going back to . . . . Continue Reading »