Pervasive Interpretive Pluralism and Recent Trinitarian Controversies
Just a short reflection on the argument among Reformed theologians about theology proper (read, for example, Frame’s review of James Dolezal here and here). I think some of my brothers and sisters in Christ are looking to confessions and scholastic categories and other elements of reasonably-stable-and-long-term-but-not-overtly-Catholic church tradition for a way out of the interminable theological disputes going on around and among us. But these disputes are our lot under the sun, because...
I’ve Got an Article in a New Book
The new Jonathan Edwards Encyclopedia has an article in it from yours truly, namely “Love.” A few friends have credits, too, including (but not limited to) Joe Tyrpak on David Brainerd (he wrote his DMin dissertation on Brainerd); Ryan Martin; and Nathan Lentfer. I counted at least six graduates of my alma mater among the contributors. Congratulations to them. Where I've dipped in, the articles have been solid, and the editors are Edwards superstars. Neele and Minkema are associated with the...
A Run-Down of Christian Resources on Homosexuality and Same-Sex Attraction
A friend is doing some study on same-sex attraction and asked me if I had any resource recommendations. Here's my reply. Here are a few things to look at: Phil Brown’s recent paper on homosexual desire. I haven’t yet read it, but I’ve been thinking that this is the issue of the moment: is homosexual desire itself sinful? Evangelicals are accustomed to saying that to be tempted is not a sin. But when it comes to homosexuality and pedophilia I think we sense that that formulation needs to be...
Mark Ward Interviewed by Bible Buying Guide
I was recently interviewed by Randy Brown of the Bible Buying Guide. He asked me about Bible editions of all sorts.
David Brooks, Harvey Weinstein, and Original Sin
I always like David Brooks, even when I have to disagree—or quibble. Not that he should care what an obscure redheaded conservative Christian blogger thinks… Except that I think he pays attention to religion in a way no other opinion columnist at the New York Times does, aside of course from Ross Douthat. Brooks' recent column about the origins of sexual predation among men looked like it was going to be helpful and insightful, as usual, but then it took the turn from helpful description to...