Theology

A Prophet Is Not a Predictor of the Future

The prophets claim more, and the people credited them with more than just astute human discernment.

The Transcript of Our Desires

If one’s internet searches illuminate our hidden desires, then the Bible serves (in the words of Catherine Dunlap Carter) as a kind of “incomparable record of human desire.”

The Heart of the Bible

The cross is the axis upon which the biblical story turns. Who is God? God is the one who was crucified between two criminals on Good Friday.

Exploring a Christian Ecological Virtue Ethic

The intersection of virtue ethics and environmental ethics

Steve Wilkens: What’s So Funny About God?

A Theological Look at Humor

The Holy and the Mundane

The Christian life is full of humorous and profound paradoxes.

Jonathan Edwards and the Aftereffects of the Awakening

True religion consists in the movement of one's will toward obedience to God.

Why God Cares About the Physical Earth

“God is committed to the earth that he has made, and he delights when we rejoice in the good things he has given us to enjoy.”

Chris Bruno: Paul vs. James

What We've Been Missing in the Faith and Works Debate

Faith, Works and Justification

When we study their words closely, Paul and James are actually in profound agreement about the nature of faith and works.