Was the Apostle Paul Really the First Reformer?
Any student of New Testament studies will be familiar with the names F.C. Baur and J.B. Lightfoot. Baur was a nineteenth German-Hegelian theologian and biblical critic who…
Any student of New Testament studies will be familiar with the names F.C. Baur and J.B. Lightfoot. Baur was a nineteenth German-Hegelian theologian and biblical critic who…
1 The angel leans on one knee, right palm and two fingers raised in blessing, the skirts of his red robe flow behind him, his wings stand…
As many coming-of-age stories do, Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield begins with a lonely child trying to find his way in the world. As a boy—lost, alone, and…
May my prayer be set before you like incense -Psalm 141:2 Smoke of incense with prayers of the holy ones Went up before God from the hand…
“To say that Origen of Alexandria has been a critical figure in the history of the Christian tradition would be an understatement.” Who was Origen of Alexandria?…
Lord of anxiety and small troubles, Lord of desolate mornings, I have insulted the wind and sun; forgive me. Lord of defensive motionlessness, I have slighted the…
Jesus is in this northern mining town he walks the street at night beneath the streetlight’s muted glow missing a few teeth. He’s always alone, and when…
Why read Cotton Mather? Reiner Smolinski and Kenneth P. Minkema – each of them leading experts on Cotton Mather – have contributed something very special and worthwhile…
The nineteenth century saw seismic shifts of emphasis and consciousness within the field of theology. Developments in other disciplines on the rise in academic authority, such as…
Luke 14 invites us to appreciate emptiness as necessary condition for receiving the divine gift of the eternal life of the mind. Ascent to the eternal is…
Joseph T. Stuart. Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great War. Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2022. The English historian…
T. Jeff Taylor. More Than Heaven: A Biblical Theological Argument for a Federal View of Glorification. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2022. For we must all…
In America and across Europe, the business of government has been detached from religious faith. This detachment is made explicit in the First Amendment to the US Constitution,…
Augustine and Time. Edited by John Doody, Sean Hannan, and Kim Paffenroth. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2021. “What is time?” The vexing question of time is…
Ty Paul Monroe. Putting on Christ: Augustine’s Early Theology of Salvation and the Sacraments. Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2022. You are great, Lord,…