Jesus Creed
The man, having extolled the beauty of his lover as that of a royal city decked out with heavenly splendor and creating awe — like encountering God — now extols her beauty: |inline Read more
The man, having extolled the beauty of his lover as that of a royal city decked out with heavenly splendor and creating awe — like encountering God — now extols her beauty: |inline Read more
One of the great virtues of Mark Noll’s The Rise of Evangelicalism, and this is a great book in every sense of the word for a textbook, is his sketch of the various influences that broke open and forged an “evangelical” unity during the 18th Century. He traces the pietism of Europe, the Puritanism of England and the USA, and the high-church spirituality of the Anglicans. And then when it was all over there were four kinds of evangelicals —... Read more
Frank DeBoer, a colleague of mine at North Park, retired after 41 years of teaching chemistry to college students. A man of Reformed faith, Frank was asked to give the “charge” to our graduates. I share it with you: |inline Read more
The Song of Songs is a pastiche of songs and episodes. After the Shulamite woman sought and seemingly found her lover, he now echoes back to her a song that extols her physical beauty: |inline Read more
Here is our prayer for our mothers — from Kris and me — on Mother’s Day. It comes with a history for me. My mother was choir director at our church, and every Sunday — world without end, Amen — ended with the choir singing this Benediction. I can still sway with the words. |inline Read more
A must-read about Robert Webber. And Francis J. Beckwith, President this year of the Evangelical Theological Society, has converted to Roman Catholicism. He tells his story with loads and loads of comments. (I can’t get a link specifically to that post, but I’ve tried. Now see here and here.) and some tongue-in-cheek commentary, too! |inline Read more
Ah, a man after my own heart: Darryl Tippens’ 15th chp is about “Reading and Storytelling.” My father was a story teller — and still is. For years I avoided telling stories to my students because I thought I was wasting time and would not cover as much. Recently a student told me that she liked my stories. Listen to this opener from Tippens: |inline Read more
Just in case you have not heard, Francis Beckwith, this year’s President of the Evangelical Theological Society, surely the largest academic association of evangelical scholars, recently converted to Catholicism — the faith of his childhood. Now here’s my question: Do you think a Roman Catholic can be an “evangelical” or an Evangelical a “Roman Catholic”? Are these two terms mutually exclusive? Is the word “evangelical” appropriate only for Protestants? Read more
The narrative of Song of Songs 5:2–6:3 surprises. The woman is in bed, her lover knocks at the door, she delays, he departs, she searches, she enlists the women of Jerusalem to tell him if they find him that she loves him, they ask where he is and she surprises us: “He’s right here. Tending his garden (me).” |inline Read more
Here was my question on Tuesday’s post (with comments still coming): ‘Why are some choosing to be “biblical” on this issue and not others in the Western world? And, in light of our lengthy series on women in ministry, why are they choosing to be “narrowly” biblical? That is, why are they focused on 1 Tim 2:11-15 or 1 Cor 14:34-35 and not on “what women did do and making sure that they still can do those things”?’ You’ve had... Read more
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