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A Letter Regarding War, April 15, 1818
An admirably concise, compelling, and elegant summary of the classic Christian just war tradition by John Jay.
Get a Room! On Our Detrimental Misreading of C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity
Lewis's illustration of the church as one corridor with many rooms has been badly misinterpreted by evangelicals.
Imagining a People: An Essay on the Possibility of Political Representation
The second installment of an essay reflecting on political theology through the lens of Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy.
Calvin’s Complex Ecumenism
With "catholicity" resurgent among Reformed Christians, John Calvin's ecumenism demands a closer examination.
The Holy Spirit and Christian Experience: A Review
A review of Simeon Zahl's "The Holy Spirit and Christian Experience", which addresses the disconnect between doctrine and experience.
The Return of the Vigilante: An Essay on the Possibility of Political Judgment
The first of two essays reflecting on judgment and justice in conversation with Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight".
Retrieving John Donne: Poetic Companion for Conflicted Protestants
Many Protestants today are conflicted Protestants. Here we stand, we can do no other—yet we feel adrift of the church’s historical doctrine and worship.
The Art of Protestant Learning
One of the misguided but persistent assumptions about English reformers in the sixteenth century is that they rejected the study of ancient languages, rhetoric, grammar, philosophy, and poetry in their efforts to defend the supremacy of Scripture.
The Shape Fallacy: The Book of Common Prayer as Text
The Reformers were concerned not only with theology but also with its expression in worship - both its structure and content.
The Promise and Peril of Disestablishment: Baptist and Reformed Political Theology in the New Republic
This essay briefly attempts to explore the major formational differences between Baptists and Reformed Christians in the American republic on the question of church and state.