By Jeremy Berg What’s the most powerful force in the universe? This question arose in the minivan this morning on the way to school with Peter, Isaak and Abby. We were praying the Lord’s Prayer, and I was explaining that “our daily bread” is simply what we need to make it through another day. When I asked them what we need to survive, Peter answered: “Food, water, and guns to kill the bad guys.” Oh, oh! Teaching moment. This led to a... Read more
The next two scientists profiled in Tim Stafford’s book the adam quest favor intelligent design. Unlike those who support young earth creation, neither Michael Behe nor Fazale Rana base their approach to evolution and the age of the earth on a specific interpretation of Scripture. Theology may play a role, but it also is not the dominating factor in the positions these two men take. Neither of them doubt the evidence for the age of the earth or the gradual... Read more
If anything is said of women in the patristic era it is often that they were non-influential, non-writing, non-speaking, and the like. In other words, if you want to learn about women in the church the best place is not the patristics. In their new book, Christian Women in the Patristic World: Their Influence, Authority, and Legacy in the Second through the Fifth Centuries, Lynn Cohick and Amy Brown Hughes challenge the common view of women in this era. In fact,... Read more
Is Proverbs unrealistic? Is Proverbs the prosperity gospel in ancient form? Read more
How Philemon treats his slave Onesimus puts the Christian gospel and Christian ethics on the line. Read more
Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. BCP Read more
Letter to My Godson Happy Birthday Elijah! Don’t let your mother read this letter or she’ll surely have some of her salty language for me. Even at whatever age you’re reading this letter, your grandmother will not appreciate you hearing such language. How she’s tolerated me for so long is a mystery. I meant your grandmother but that probably goes for your mother at this point too. Obviously, Elijah, my memory isn’t as bad as your father suspects. I know October... Read more
A big shout-out to Kris for finding so many of these links today. Are you sleeping enough? The National Sleep Foundation recommends an average of eight hours of sleep per night for adults, but sleep scientist Matthew Walker says that too many people are falling short of the mark. “Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent gain,” Walker says. “Many people walk through their lives in an underslept state, not realizing it.” Walker is... Read more
By John Frye Eugene Peterson opens up Revelation 12-14 under the title “The Last Word on Politics” in Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination. Don’t you dream of that in these endless politically-infested days—the last word? The fascinating feature of these Revelation chapters is St. John’s vision of the birth of Jesus (Revelation 12). “This is not the nativity story we grew up with, but it is the nativity all the same. …It is St. John’s... Read more
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