Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) was not only the Americas’ premier theologian and the Church’s preeminent theologian of divine beauty. He was also deeply interested in non-Christian religions.  Join me as I discuss Edwards’s ruminations on the gods and what we can learn from them. Read more

Friends, Arthur Goldberg has bravely defended traditional perspectives on marriage, sexuality, abortion, academic freedom in universities, and euthanasia.  Click here for his Public Discourse articles. Mr. Goldberg is being sued for the second time by the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).  After persuading a court to fine him in 2015, now an SPLC lawsuit has resulted in a judge closing his biblical crowdfunding site Funding Morality and levying a $3.2 million fine. The site was devoted to explaining the seven... Read more

What did Jonathan Edwards mean when he wrote that “all the world is full of types”?  Hint: types are God-placed symbols, like the sunrise as a symbol of Christ’s resurrection. My colleague Mark Devine interviews me about my book Everyday Glory, which fleshes out what this vision of all the world full of types means.  Listen in here. Read more

Dr. Michael Pasquarello, our new Methodist Chair at Beeson Divinity School, has written several books on Anglican preachers, including studies of Hugh Latimer and John Wesley. Listen to my conversation with Mike as he discusses different styles of Anglican preaching. Read more

It all started with my podcast with Fr. Ben Jefferies on the new ACNA Prayer book. Then Drew Keane, an Episcopal teacher and researcher, charged that Fr. Jefferies had wrongly asserted that the 2019 BCP perpetuated the tradition of the 1662 BCP, which is still the only official Prayer Book in the Church of England and therefore the model for the Anglican Communion. This week Fr. Jefferies responded to Mr. Keane. The exchange is worth reading.  You will learn much... Read more

Lyle Dorsett is the legendary  scholar (and Anglican priest) who did a whole book on C.S. Lewis’ spiritual life. In a recent podcast I asked Dr. Dorsett  abut Lewis’ views of prayer, spiritual direction, the Eucharist, and much more.  Lyle also talks about Lewis’ influence on his own life. Read more

Get your ticket before they are gone! Mark Kinzer, one of the world’s best messianic theologians, will challenge NT Wright, the most influential biblical scholar of this generation, on the meaning of Israel. Here are the details:   Dr. Michael Hardin is pleased to announce the first Provost Distinguished Lecture Series, featuring two public events with New Testament theologian N. T. Wright. On Sept. 9, N. T. Wright will lecture on, “Space, Time and History: Jesus and the Challenge of God,”... Read more

What does sacrifice have to do with Christian worship?  Is the latter only a commemoration of Jesus’ once-for-all sacrifice?  Or is there something more? And how are these matters treated in the new ACNA Prayer Book? Join me as I ask Prof. Matthew Olver about these things.  Prof. Olver is assistant professor of Liturgics and Pastoral Theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary. Read more

There is still time to sign up for  “Jewish Roots of Christianity,” a conference at Samford University September 24-25, 2019. Cutting-edge scholars will present short talks on their research.  You will be able to fellowship with them and with other folks interested in this crucial set of questions. Here is the news release.  Here is another description of the conference. Read more

Sign up by June 1 to get an early bird discount to  “Jewish Roots of Christianity,” a conference at Samford University September 24-25, 2019. Cutting-edge scholars will present short talks on their research.  You will be able to fellowship with them and with other folks interested in this crucial set of questions. Here is the news release.  Here is another description of the conference. Read more