Month: September 2013

  • art prize

    The weekend success of both the Browns and Indians have nearly persuaded me to be an open theist. It’s hard to believe an omniscient God would let that happen. Unless he is setting us up for a fall. But that is getting harder to do, after 50 years of losing. We won’t let ourselves believe…

  • full atonement, can it be?

    Here is a post on the atonement that I wrote for The Gospel Coalition. Drop over and say something nice, if you’re so inclined. You might notice on my sidebar that I have a new book coming out. I’m probably biased, but I really like it. It’s not available in bookstores or Amazon until next…

  • salvation history for kids

    I enjoy the challenge of communicating theology to a general audience, but Jim Hamilton has taken this to a whole new level. He has published an illustrated storybook for children that winsomely presents the main turning points of salvation history. The Bible’s Big Story covers creation, fall, the protevangelion, flood, Abrahamic covenant, Exodus, conquest, David’s…

  • on the money

    Some former students go on to do great things. Then there is Nate Archer, who on his way to great things also has time to be creatively funny. Here are his musings about which theologians should appear on which bills in the kingdom of God. This is written from an American perspective, with U.S. dollars,…

  • Jesus’ plows

    Os Guinness makes an intriguing observation in The Call. He writes that Justin Martyr “notes that the plows made by Joseph and Jesus were still being used widely in his day” (p. 202). Chuck Colson taped a Breakpoint recording around this point and many preachers have mentioned it in sermons. I have myself, but always…