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The plain, difficult sense of scripture
Calvin argued for the self-evident clarity of the Bible—the same Bible he wrote thousands of pages about.
Kierkegaard in translation
The Danish philosopher thought faith had become too easy. This book doesn’t have that problem.
More thoughts on Tim Keller
I reject complementarian theology—whatever the degree to which it is put into practice, and however nice the husband is about enacting his authority.
White moral infantilism and some help avoiding it
Several recent films and shows portray people of color with a complexity that James Baldwin once assumed was impossible for pop culture.
What made early Christians a peculiar people?
“One second-century pagan critic of Christianity was willing to tolerate everything else about Christians if they would only worship the gods.”
My friends are praying for me. Does God care?
God’s response to Job is cold comfort when you have terminal cancer.
Prayer isn’t our work, it’s God’s
I mostly agree with Jeffrey Weiss about prayer. I think St. Paul would too.
The single story
We need to sit with stories that resist easy categorization, stories that make us question the official narratives, no matter where we happen to fall in them.
Does school choice create better choices?
We've had decades of experiments with charter schools and vouchers. There are no resounding success stories.
“They brought to the Pharisees…”
Naming sexism as sexism is not a failure to engage diverse views.
When Ruby Bridges prayed for her enemies
In the face of mob violence, a six-year-old responded with love.