A note on Psalm 11:5
What can we learn by comparing Greek and Hebrew?
Book Review: Reading Paul
Or should we say, Reading Paul Selectively
Calvin on the Psalms
Hello dear readers! I hope that you still read these newsletters in any case. I was just mentioning the other day that between welcoming another baby into the world and sitting through Hebrew exams, it has been far too long since I have written anything. Behind the scenes, I migrated
Augustine and Original Sin
A major idea from a major figure in the West.
Boethius on the Trinity
How can the Trinity be one God?
Irenaeus on Freedom and Evil
Where did evil come from?
Book Review: Hell: The Logic of Damnation
What is hell, and do some people stay there forever?
Why God Became Human
A meditation on the Incarnation.
Calvin on Justification
Let's take a look at John Calvin's understanding of justification as imputed righteousness
Immutability and Incarnation
A difficulty for classical apologetics
Book Review: Overcoming Onto-Theology
What could Christians possibly learn from postmodernism? As it turns out, some powerful biblical themes.
Ecology and the Bible
Should Christians care about the environment?
Figs and Pigs
Why does Jesus act that way?
I am there
Have we been taking the verse "where two or three gather in my name" (Matt 18:20) out of context?
Baptism and Salvation
Is baptism necessary for salvation?
Reading Backwards
Some ponderings about figurative interpretations in Scripture
Once More, Praying to Jesus
Let's consider further biblical evidence for praying to Jesus
Praying to Jesus
Is there biblical support for praying directly to Jesus?
Hoping for Rescue?
Is it biblical to hope for God's rescue?
Genesis 2:17 (LXX)
In this post, I translate Genesis 2:17 from the Greek Old Testament and offer some commentary and reflections.
Where to Worship?
Does worship have to take place at a particular location?
The Exiled God
How did the biblical prophets view Israel's exile into Babylon after the destruction of the Temple?
Damning David's Diverse Dynasty: A Response to Gafney
Was the biblical David a womanizer? What can we learn by looking at the biblical stories from the perspective of his wives?
Compassion in Deuteronomy
What does comparing the laws in Deuteronomy and Exodus tell us about the Bible — and God?
Against Hume
David Hume famously argued that miracles were impossible — or at least unbelievable.
Blackburn's Blunder
The philosopher Simon Blackburn objects to an ancient argument for God's existence. However, when discussing ancient arguments, context is key.
The Foundation of Morality
In his book What Does It All Mean?, the philosopher Thomas Nagel offers three objections against “the religious foundation for morality.”
Theistic Evolution
Many thinkers, both Christian and otherwise, have argued that belief in evolution is incompatible with belief in God.
Divine Inspiration
In various places across the interwebs, Sam Harris, a public intellectual and one of the leading New Atheists, has claimed that the Bible is not divinely inspired.
Professor Heathwood's Cartesian Parody
Every so often, you can find a philosopher claiming to refute an argument by crafting a so-called parody argument against it.
The Shire
A great place to live.