When Jesus prayed, "not my will, but yours be done" (Matt 26:39), he declared himself to be united in willing redemption with the Father. He did so because he always did his Father's will (e.g., John 5:19). Yet since Jesus is both God and man, we may wonder how he...
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The Gift of Alasdair MacIntyre
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 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?
Three Traits for Theologians, According to John Webster
Essential qualities, according to one of our greatest recent theologians.
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.