Made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we settle for pleasure. Made for justice, we clamor for vengeance. Made for relationship, we insist on our own way. Made for beauty, we are satisfied with sentiment. But new creation has already begun toread more ➜
If you are/have been following the Piper/Wright debate (see here for more info), you simply must read Paul Helm’s new entry here. Helm asks: “Are Spirit-imbued virtues a sign of faith (à la Epistle of James)? Or do they complete faith, supplement it, fulfil it?”read more ➜
My good friend Louis over at Baker Book House notes the importance of letting Scripture speak to us rather than us speaking to Scripture. In a recent post he quotes an important insight from N. T. Wright’s Justification: God’s Plan & Paul’s Vision: If youread more ➜
I have two observations from reading N. T. Wright’s response to John Piper in his latest book entitled, Justification: God’s Plan & Paul’s Vision: First, Piper views justification narrowly, as looking into a room through a key-hole. Wright swings the door wide open to viewread more ➜
Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace is a book about God as Giver and God as Forgiver. Yet it is also a book about you, and me, and others. Like God we are called to give and forgive andread more ➜
Ever think your work does not matter? Consider this thoughtful response by N. T. Wright. How does one’s work fit into the overlap of Heaven and earth? If it is true that we are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, then each Christian is a place whereread more ➜
Once again N. T. Wright has done an eloquent job articulating a very difficult teaching that so many for so long have wrestled with intellectually, existentially, or both. This short book goes a long way toward building a framework for understanding practical ways to liveread more ➜
Update:View my review of this book here. See also my review of N. T. Wright’s Evil and the Justice of God for a suggested synthesis with Brauns’s work here. As many believing bloggers know, Tim Challies has an excellent site where he offers objective, biblicallyread more ➜
This brief (10-minute) video by Dr. Tony Campolo deserves your full attention (note I did not say “full agreement”). Before you watch, however, I’d like to set the stage with a few quotes from N.T. Wright’s book Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, andread more ➜
“What am I?” This is a perennial question in metaphysics (a branch of philosophy) and one we rarely ask, despite its importance upon our view of human nature and the afterlife. If one were to ask Plato he might respond with something like “I am a soul; I have a body,” whereas Aristotle would say something like ““I am a soul with a body.” read more ➜
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