“The Father himself loves you...” or God’s “Greatest Sorrow”

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John Owen, Communion with God (1657)  Reflecting on John 16:27, “The Father himself loves you,” Owen recorded: Jesus, in effect, s...
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Noah, Pulling Weeds, and the
“One Who Shall Bring Us Relief”

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When I was a kid, my dad used to make my sister and I pull weeds. We didn’t live in the country, and the combined size of our yard plu...

“Cosmic Homelessness”:
Cain, the Pattern of Exile & Grace

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The theme of “exile” permeates the Biblical story. What is exile? To be exiled is to be cast out, driven away, a wander, alone. The...
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The “True Meaning” of God:
Divinity Defined

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This summer I’ll be teaching two rounds of PHL204: Philosophy of Religion. The first question we address is (quite naturally): Is th...
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Easily Overlooked

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Hebrews 1:1-3 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us...

Reading Log 2010

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My reading goal when 2010 began, inspired in part by Trevin Wax’s average 100 books in a year, was to read one book a week. Given the shap...

Psalm 36 - The Blindness of Sin and the Hope of the Gospel

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Text: Psalm 36:1-2 1 Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he flatters hims...
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“capacitating the incapacitated”

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George Hunsinger, “Karl Barth’s Doctrine of the Holy Spirit” from The Cambridge Companion to Karl Barth Those who are awakened to lifelong ...