‘But for Paul, the problem is not that individuals and communities sin and need forgiveness; in fact, Israel had a system of atonement to deal with sins. The problem is that sin and its henchman

2/3/11 The theme of the unmasking of hypocrisy is seen in two different books I am reading, Darkness at Noon and The Invisible Man. In both the protagonist believes in the abstract ideals of the

Nevertheless, we’re likely to enter a period in which the U.S. is simply one of a number of economic powers that challenge one another for dominance. Paul Kennedy, a historian of the rise and fall

The Karl Barth Centennial: An Appreciative Critique “from all eternity God has determined upon man’s acquittal at his own cost” (Dogmatics II, 2, p. 167). Therefore, “there is no such thing as a created nature

“His descriptions of “spectacular adaptations” are enjoyable, but the argument is tiresome and weak. It should be unnecessary to make this point: one does not demolish – or even damage – evolutionary explanations by confessing

Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People (Bolz-Weber, Nadia) when I am so prone to pride, I looked harder at Matthew 25 and realized that if  Jesus said “I was hungry and you

“Within the creation, God’s reality is so unobtrusive that it is possible to fail to see that a God even exists. God’s power is of an altogether different order than the power structures of this

[The ‘Postmodern’ Barth? The Word of God As True Myth] “Whether it is called myth or saga, mythical speech is intrinsic to Christianity. If Christianity is true, it is as true myth.” “One Christian thinker

“Regrettably, evangelicals have been led astray by the rhetoric of Carl Sagan and Richard Dawkins, into believing that scientists embrace a dysteleological metaphysic. These two atheists do not represent the majority of scientists. Moreover, evangelical

“If I had to predict where historiography would go, I think people would have to recognize that Trumpism — nativism and white supremacy — has deep roots in American history,” Mr. Rauchway said. “But Trump