Encomium for an Evangelical Catholic
by Carl E. BraatenRobert W. Jenson is by all odds the greatest American Lutheran theologian ever. Continue Reading »
Stages on Life's Way
by Robert P. ImbelliFr. Robert Imbelli reflects upon his “purgatorial” experiences in theological writing. Continue Reading »
It is Written in the Book
by Francesca Aran MurphyReligions are not timeless—but neither are they unable to transcend the time from which they sprang. Continue Reading »
Make Hell Hot Again
by Marc BarnesI have a problem with hell that goes beyond squeamishness. The problem is one of inserting the damned into God’s endgame, his final fix—creation brought to its triumphant completion. Doesn’t the presence of everlasting torment put a damper on the success story? I went to Aquinas for . . . . Continue Reading »
A Castle of Thought
by Grant KaplanTheologian Frederick Lawrence synthesizes the work of two twentieth-century giants: Bernard Lonergan and Hans-Georg Gadamer. Continue Reading »
Alvin Plantinga’s Masterful Achievement
by William Doino Jr.Alvin Plantinga is justly celebrated for sparking a global renaissance in Christian philosophy. Continue Reading »
Figure It In
by Michael C. LegaspiTime and the Word:Figural Reading of the Christian Scripturesby ephraim radnereerdmans, 326 pages, $50 Moderns are accustomed to taking premodern interpretations of the Bible to be products of a bygone time, when outmoded worldviews permitted naive, anachronistic interpretations of scriptural texts. . . . . Continue Reading »
Waiting For and With Jesus
by Timothy GeorgeJohn, recounting the story of Lazarus, gives us a God who does not fit neatly into the comfortable theodicies of our postmodern sensibility. Continue Reading »
God’s Image, Man’s Crimes
by James R. RogersMosaic (and Noahic) teachings regarding the death penalty are revelations of God and teach us of God’s grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love. But how? Continue Reading »
God as Therapy in The Shack
by Connor GrubaughThere is neither sin nor suffering in The Shack—only the psychotherapeutic notion of “pain,” which encapsulates them both. Continue Reading »
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