The Spiritual History of Oil November 5, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features We seldom reflect on the nature and purposes of energy itself and the kind of people and societies we need it to create. Dochuk has skillfully and subtly raised a number of questions for our contemporary society, and for Christians in particular.
Well-Placed Charity November 5, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features We are to become shrewd Samaritans without a shred of guilt for “not doing enough!” We can never solve the issues before us, nor should we set out to try.
Respecting the Dignity of Back Row America October 24, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features The book does not evoke pity; it’s not intended to evoke pity. It undermines the very foundation of the category “less fortunate” by deconstructing the front row conceit that everyone in the back row wants to be in the front row.
Breathtaking Polyphony October 8, 2019 Essays & Reviews Peñalosa gives his listeners stunningly beautiful, yet often quite simple, choral compositions of lasting quality
The Toughness of Salvation September 13, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features The novelist dares the reader to consider the toughness of salvation, the blood of it, and the way we may need for love to be harsh in order to be saved.
Barton’s Bible Balancing Act September 9, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features In A History of the Bible, John Barton seeks to demonstrate the diversity, greatness, and even incongruence of some of the Bible’s constituent parts with the faiths that appeal to them. Barton acknowledges this may be “an uncomfortable balancing act.”
Engaging Diversity in Theological Commentary September 6, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features This commentary delivers what it promises: in both parts, for Judges and for Ruth, the authors carefully identify relevant theological themes arising from the text, and suggest ways of reading the texts that connect them with wider theological issues and debates.
Hospitality and Mercy Are Timeless May 31, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features Matt Opatrny: “It’s important to show refugees as people under desperate circumstances.”
Due Honor for John Jewel May 30, 2019 Essays & Reviews Richard Hooker, whom Jewel had taught as a boy, wrote that his teacher was the “worthiest divine that Christendom hath bred for some hundreds of years.”
A Flag and a Seal: Two Histories May 16, 2019 Essays & Reviews, Features The design of the presiding bishop’s seal was derived from the church flag by Major George M. Chandler, formerly a member of the Joint Commission of Flag and Seal.
