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Tex
Question: In what way is substitutionary atonement and sacrifice just? Problem: Generally, when justice is demanded, it not merely that a payment be made, but that a particular person make the payment. For example, when a woman is found raped […]
TexEpistemology
Existence is an unqualified good; it is good in and of itself. Or so goes the story and intuition of many people. After all, what is the alternative? Non-existence. And how could anyone say that not-existing is better than existing? […]
Matthew Lee AndersonHermeneutics
Since I’ve been away from computers this summer, I’ve spent more time reading. One of my main priorities was I. Howard Marshall’s Beyond the Bible: Moving from Scripture to Theology. Beyond the Bible is actually only 60% Marshall (three essays)–it […]
Keith E. BuhlerDevotional
silence
Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyEpistemology
The possibility of non-empirical ways of knowing
Andrew SelbyAnthropologyembodimentTheology and Practice
Spiritual Disciplines - Part 2
Matthew Lee Anderson
Dr. John Mark Reynolds has posted the homily from our wedding on his blog–I was planning to also make it the first post for me as well. In essence, Dr. Reynolds said for our wedding exactly what I had been […]
Andrew SelbyBibleEvangelicalismTheology and Practice
Evangelicals Desperately Need to Practice Spiritual Disciplines: an Exhortation from Romans
Matthew Lee AndersonBibleChurchTheology and PracticeBook Reviews
Under Review: Listening to the Spirit in the Text
Andrew SelbyEconomics and Business
The German magazine Spiegel ran an article recently attacking the notion that aid to Africa is as effective as commonly conceived. The article argues that aid to third-world African countries fosters an unhealthy dependency and has been proven to be […]
Andrew SelbyChurch
Lately I’ve been reading St. John Chrysostom’s homilies on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. A striking feature of Chrysostom’s writings (Chrysostom means “golden mouth” in the Greek for etymologists out there!) is how evangelical they sound! Yes, I mean […]
Andrew SelbyPolitics
No More "Public Servants"?