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“Our Dear Lord Still Changes Water into Wine”: Luther on the Estate of Marriage
The appointed Gospel reading for this past Sunday was John 2:1-11, on the wedding at Cana. It is...
“Sold for Silver, Sacking Hell”: A Fifth-Century Hymn (8)
At long last, we bring to a close a translation begun in the first week of December. Below you...
By Steps and Degrees: A Short Introduction to Preparatory Grace
“Preparatory grace” is a neglected doctrine. It’s time to do something about that.
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Nationalism in Earliest Christianity
Do the earliest days of church history offer pushback to a defense of "Christian nationalism"?
Faithful Presence in the Midst of Pluralism: Three Tensions
How should we live faithfully as Christians, with our distinctive beliefs, practices, and values, in an increasingly pluralistic age?
Kierkegaard at the Rail: The Individual and the Eucharist in Kierkegaard’s Thought
To the surprise of many, Kierkegaard wrote (and preached) about the sacraments often.
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Why the Lord’s Supper Is Essential to Restoring the Evangelical Church
The Lord's Supper is one of the most powerful cures for the ills of modern evangelicalism.
Survival and Resistance in Christian America: Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest: A Review
A fine addition to an expanding list of historically grounded monographs on Christian Reconstruction.
A Letter Regarding War, April 15, 1818
An admirably concise, compelling, and elegant summary of the classic Christian just war tradition by John Jay.
Inhabiting the Places of Promise: Martin Luther’s Teaching on the Three Institutions
Reflection on the institutions, on the shape of the divine promises to care for human life as revealed in Scripture, brings to light that to which our hearts cling in social and political life.
Foucault and the Hope of Resurrection
By his integration of literary, archaeological, and liturgical evidence, Stefan brings the doctrine of resurrection down from the realms of ideas and demonstrates the many ways in which it was applied and lived out in the early Church.
Against the Infinite Stimulus of Greed: Martin Bucer’s Reformation of Welfare
An economy can never be viewed as amoral, and it must be assessed on its ability, not to generate private profit, but to increase the number and flourishing of the "sons of God."
When Roman Catholics and Protestants Read Each Other
Beyond Dordt and De Auxiliis examines the interdependence of these two traditions in the early modern period as they discussed and debated doctrines such as predestination and divine grace.