I first read Alasdair MacIntyre in order to argue with him. I was midway through my liberal arts undergrad education, and something strange was happening on campus. My friends in the political theory department had all suddenly started using the same turns of...
The Book that Started It All
Well, sort of. The name John Davenant was not exactly unheard of twenty years ago. Banner of Truth had reprinted his commentary on Colossians. But even still, his name was not a household name for North American Reformed Christians. And often, when he was...
The Church Against the State: A Review
James Wood reviews Andrew Willard Jones’ latest.
The Problem of Neil Gaiman
Are readers complicit in the evils of the writers they enjoy?
The Christian Logic of the Postwar Consensus
Have Christian critics of the postwar consensus done the reading?
Our “Aeterni Patris” Moment? Musings on Aristotle’s Practical Philosophy and Protestant Retrieval
Political retrieval has always been a more nuanced affair for Protestants.
In a Bind? Postmillennial Confusion Over Satan’s Unbinding in Revelation 20
Do postmillennialists tie themselves in knots in order to explain Satan’s unbinding?
Political Prudence as Fuzzy Thinking
Do would-be Christian rulers’ appeals to “prudence” often simply mask a lack of clear thinking?
The Success of the Great Commission: Probing a Postmillennial Presupposition
Critiquing the postmillennial reading of Matthew 28:19.
Work Out Your Salvation: A Review
Making theological sense of markets and moral formation.