
McGrath and Lewis on Theology
Alistar McGrath One of the most important theological mentors in my life has been Alistair McGrath. In his book What's The Point of...
Jan 282 min read

Theology Offers Us Wisdom through the Word
Augustine of Hippo Sociobiologist Edward Wilson wrote in 1998, "We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom." Almost thirty...
Jan 272 min read

William Barclay on Theology
William Barclay (1907-1978) was a Scottish theologian and pastor who wrote a popular set of Bible commentaries that have sold over 1.5...
Jan 231 min read


The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony and Theology
Testimony starts with a presupposition: it wants to be trusted. When I share testimony in a conversation with someone, I want them to...
Jan 221 min read


Theology, Neil Postman, and the Bible
One of the writers who made me think in a new way in college was Neil Postman in Teaching as a Conserving Activity and Amusing Ourselves...
Jan 211 min read


The Incarnation, Dorothy Sayers, and Alistair McGrath
During World War II, Dorothy Sayers explored the question why Christ and not someone else? In Creed or Chaos? she wrote, "If Christ was...
Jan 201 min read


The Cross
Jesus was not the only person to be crucified. It is estimated that the Roman Empire crucified between 200,000 and 2,000,000 people. Yet...
Jan 171 min read


Jesus Identifies with Us
One of the great insights of the Incarnation is that in Jesus, God identifies with us. God does not remain aloof but joins us humans...
Jan 162 min read


The Incarnation: Created in the Image of God
In the beginning of the Bible, Genesis states, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. . . . So God created man in his own...
Jan 142 min read


The Incarnation
One of the great topics of Christian theology is the Incarnation. In the Gospel of Luke we get the fullest account of the birth of Jesus....
Jan 141 min read