Aporia
I mined this poem from the literary Spring 2014 edition of the journal Ploughshares. The poet Tatiana Oroño was born in San José,
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Postponement and Defamiliarization in Biblical Hebrew Verse
Everybody has an ancient poetry itch. Here is your chance to scratch it.Anybody in San Diego next November: I will be presenting my
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Bavinck on Calvinism
In 1894 Herman Bavinck wrote an article entitled “The Future of Calvinism” for the The Presbyterian and Reformed Review, in which he laid out
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Yearning for God’s Word
Note: This article first ran in the Fall, 2009 issue of Ministry & Leadership, and is reprinted with permission.“Actions speak louder than words.”This
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Simple Life and Simple Love
I have a post over at The Gospel Coalition on faith and biblical simplicity. I have been thinking a good bit through the “Shema”
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The Consequences of Perspicuity
For the Reformers, translation was the first logical step of the doctrine of biblical perspicuity. God’s Word needed translated into the common tongue.
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Fear and Wisdom and Biblical Sagacity Part Two: Getting There
In Proverbs, the sage understands that the fear of the Lord is something that he needs to explain to his students, and that
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Fear and Wisdom and Biblical Sagacity Part One
Proverbs 1 begins with a short list of why we should seek wisdom (vv. 2-4); then the sage begins his wisdom teaching with
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Book-length responses to other books
There is a interesting post at Justin Taylor’s blog about the practice of posting book-length responses to other books (see How God Became
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Easter’s Recourse
Good Friday Disputation His blood mixed with gravelcried out for vindication.But didn’t he say the rocks would singeven if his people wouldn’t? Easter’s
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