My deep thanks to Brad East for his piece on doing theology in a divided church (“Theology in Division,” April 2023). The topic is centrally important and rarely taken seriously, as if its obviousness renders the challenge uninteresting. East’s larger points about aiming at a catholic theology . . . . Continue Reading »
Derision of Christianity merely offers smug affirmation of the triumph of one of the most powerful lobby groups within Western culture. Continue Reading »
I have never been approached by one of those pollsters with a list of questions intended to suggest how crazy “we” are (evangelicals, that is). But if I were, here’s what I would say. Continue Reading »
I bear a moral responsibility to uphold the truth and potentially disturb the comfort of those around me. Continue Reading »
Accompanied by a conservative revolution against the modern spirit, and a Christian revolution in care that zealously defends our mutual obligations to one another, we can use the resources of the state for the prudent care of our created flesh. Continue Reading »
As the United Methodist Church goes through an increasingly bitter, slow-motion divorce, it offers an important cautionary tale for the rest of the body of Christ. Continue Reading »
It is not unusual to come across writers trading on received notions of “evangelicals,” the like of which they would never countenance in their own house. Continue Reading »
What does it mean to cultivate Christian wildness in North America? There are few markers of deep memory by which to orient ourselves to the work of concentration. Continue Reading »
Can anything we ever learn about history, about the universe, about ourselves compare with that reality in its sheer strangeness and wonderful improbability? He is risen; he is risen indeed. Continue Reading »
Given the rejection of Lent by the early Reformed theologians and all the Reformed churches, why are Reformed Christians now attracted to the Lenten season? Continue Reading »
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