My respected, long-time friend Joel Arnold has set up the Asia Center for Advanced Christian Studies, an online school aimed at men who don't have access to PhD-level courses but who can benefit from them. ACACS uses live video in Zoom.us meetings. And multiple other...
Theology
Fantastic Deal on My Favorite Theology Books
John Frame is retiring, and now you can have all six of his best and most important books for $120. Hardbacks. This is killer. I paid much more. Do not miss this deal: $20 a book for some of the best theology books you will ever buy. The Doctrine of the Knowledge of...
Love the Sin and Hate the Sinner
This is a great insight into a precious truth from Doug Wilson: Christians are accustomed to distinguish the sin from the sinner. This distinction is good and right, but it is only possible to make this distinction because of what Jesus did on the cross. It is...
Review: Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President
Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President by Allen C. Guelzo My rating: 5 of 5 stars Nothing less than a tour-de-force. I'm tempted to say that only a religious person—particularly a Christian—could understand this almost certainly unbelieving politician and thinker. Guelzo...
Review: A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir
A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir by Thomas C. Oden My rating: 3 of 5 stars What strongly conservative Christian doesn't thrill to hear a conversion story from theological liberalism—and from an elite academic within that crowd, no less? Thomas...
Introduction to the Old Testament for Bibles International
I wrote the following introduction to the Old Testament for Bibles International; it is being translated and placed into Bibles all around the world. Come back tomorrow for the intro to the New Testament. The Bible tells one story, because God has one plan for all of...
Introduction to the Bible for Bibles International
I wrote the following introduction for Bibles International; it is being translated and placed at the beginning of Bibles all around the world. Come back tomorrow and the next day for intros to the Old Testament and New Testament. The Bible tells one story. Just one....
An Admitteldy One-Sided Conversation on Theological Liberalism
A liberal Catholic with a PhD from a liberal Catholic institution saw my article in Answers Magazine critiquing one of the more famous put-downs Richard Dawkins has made of Christians; he liked the article and wanted to dialogue with me. I acquiesced, but soon found...
Review: You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K.A. Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars You are what you love, not what you think, Smith says. What you think is, rather, a fruit of what you love. So far so good. If I may say so, I felt like Smith was...
Freedom from Inerrancy?
X, a friend of a friend, wrote an autobiographical tale of his journey from Protestant fundamentalism to the evangelical parachurch and into a (currently) non-inerrantist, post-evangelical view which is indebted to people like Kenton Sparks and Peter Enns. I won't...
Review: Let Go and Let God? A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology
Let Go and Let God? A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology by Andrew David Naselli My rating: 4 of 5 stars Vintage Andy. Straightforward, rigorous, logic not maybe on fire but fueled by it at some deeper level. Exhaustive footnotes. Multiple helpful and clear...
Profoundly Beautiful Article
An absolute must-read article, from the now-dying author of a book I purchased when I'd gotten about a third of the way through.