Categories: Theology – Posted on April 12, 2011November 3, 2015 Forgiveness as Death & Resurrection While reading The Reason for God for a class assignment, I was struck by the way that Tim Keller spoke about … Continue reading >Forgiveness as Death & Resurrection
Categories: Theology – Posted on March 28, 2011November 3, 2015 The Impatient Accuser (Part II) In the previous post (Part I), I looked at the passage where Jesus calls Peter, “Satan.” It seems to me … Continue reading >The Impatient Accuser (Part II)
Categories: Theology – Posted on March 26, 2011November 3, 2015 The Impatient Accuser (Part I) What is sin? – and along with that, what is the strategy that Satan (“The Accuser”) uses in temptation? The … Continue reading >The Impatient Accuser (Part I)
Categories: Resources, Theology – Posted on March 24, 2011November 3, 2015 Justifying Suffering We’ve been talking a lot about the problem of evil and suffering in a couple of my classes at DTS … Continue reading >Justifying Suffering
Categories: Theology – Posted on March 18, 2011November 3, 2015 The Redemption of War More and more, one of my favorite passages (and images) is from Revelation 21:5 – where God is shown as … Continue reading >The Redemption of War
Categories: Theology – Posted on March 10, 2011November 3, 2015 Chrysostom’s reflections on Lent The words of St. John Chrysostom seem a fitting reminder this Ash Wednesday: “Do you fast? Give me proof of … Continue reading >Chrysostom’s reflections on Lent
Categories: Theology – Posted on February 25, 2011November 3, 2015 Fathers, Sons, Parricide… This is a different post than usual. Not sure if this is a complete idea, or if I buy what … Continue reading >Fathers, Sons, Parricide…
Categories: Theology – Posted on February 20, 2011November 3, 2015 “What was it to Your heaven?” Struck tonight when reading this poem by Richard Crashaw. I love the contrast he makes between us and God, and … Continue reading >“What was it to Your heaven?”
Categories: Theology – Posted on February 12, 2011November 3, 2015 “These Inward Trials” I’ve never heard this hymn sung, but I love the words and how real and honest they are. It is … Continue reading >“These Inward Trials”
Categories: Theology – Posted on February 4, 2011November 3, 2015 St Augustine on Blogging When reading from Augustine’s The Trinity I was struck by his introduction to the book. It seemed to me a good … Continue reading >St Augustine on Blogging