Five Theses on the Practice of Theology

Being only an undergraduate student making his first beginnings in the study of the scriptures and of theology, my thoughts on the task of theology and its nature are certainly in the process of continual transformation (and probably not all too worth listening to, but this is my blog and you chose to read it).

The [...]

Why I Still Blog

There’s been some scuttle-butt amongst the theo-bloggers lately about whether or not blogging, as a medium, has a cheapening effect on discourse. It seems that it all started with this article by Stefan McDaniel at the First Things blog which gives a very harsh evaluation of the medium of blogging. McDaniel employs the critiques of [...]

Unity, Holiness, and Catholicity

As the iMonk continues his excellent series on reconnecting evangelical worship to the historic traditions of the church, his latest post on The Congregation has got me thinking about a crucial issue for evangelicals and others to consider. In order for the congregation to be defined properly in theological terms, it must be defined in [...]

Piper Making a Fool of Himself

Some American pastors have the unfortunate tendency of favoring the false advice of Job’s friends over the apostolic reverence for the inscrutable sovereignty of God. It is easy to recall major news debacles over statements by Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson which blame natural disasters or terrorist attacks on the sins of the victims or [...]

Why Sex Still Matters, and What It Can’t Do

In recent days, a number of my favorite bloggers have been engaged in a discussion over the nature of sexuality and what it says about human nature. Here is the conversation as I currently understand it:
Halden (of Inhabitatio Dei) posted this piece challenging people to “let sex be ordinary” which I believe arose out of [...]

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