Essay
What the Jews Heard at Pentecost and Why It Matters for Infant Baptism
When Peter stood up at Pentecost, his audience was entirely Jewish. What did they hear when he declared that “the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself” (Acts 2:39)? What they heard would have immediately governed their covenant practice […]
A Veil Before the Eyes of the Enemy: On Tolkien, Foolishness, and the Ordinary Means of Grace
In recent years, there has been a fair amount of criticism of our cultural institutions. Whether they be political, academic, or ecclesiastical, anyone comfortably in a place of leadership in any institution is in the crosshairs of this criticism. Things have only gotten worse on their watch, after all. […]
A New Apologetic Front: Spirituality and Suffering in the Army
In an institution like the military, where soldiers must die, platitudes must die as well. Horace’s famous words, “*Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori*” (How sweet and fitting it is to die for one’s country), grind to a halt before real suffering […]
Progressive Christianity’s Metamodern Posture
What does an elder who is leaving a local evangelical church because—in part—he felt this church wasn’t taking social justice issues seriously have in common with another Christian who is forsaking Classical Theism for Open Theism? Further, what unites these with a third Christian whose journey […]
No Room for Post-Millennialist Optimism: Considering the Saints and the City of Chaos in Isaiah 24–27
Christians today join the saints before them in searching the Bible to understand what exactly God promises us about the Last Days. No shortage of speculation exists, and it would be hard to overstate the impact eschatology has had on Christian life as believers navigate the spaces of politics and culture. […]
