Introduction: In 1997, William Strauss and Neil Howe published The Fourth Turning, a study of the long cycles of American history. Since that time, William Strauss has passed away, but Neil Howe is ...
You May Not be Interested in Interest, But Interest Is Interested in You
Introduction: We like to think of ourselves as biblical absolutists. Whatever the Bible teaches, we want to accept, straight up the middle, and with no backchat. We don't want to have any a priori ...
Like a Pair of Old Jeans
Introduction: Many times those who are listening to the debates over hyper-preterism concentrate too much on the debaters and what they are saying, when they really ought to take a look at the universe ...
The Nature of the Prophetic Voice
In the older scovenant, there were two principal aspects of the prophetic word. The first one, and the one that everyone associates with prophecy, is the declaration of what was going to to come ...
The Challenge of Puritan Yeast
Introduction: I am currently enjoying Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony. One of the ways I evaluate a really good book is by looking at all of the thoughts it churns up in my head, ...
“My Kingdom is Not of This World,” Which Is Why We Were Instructed to Pray for it to Come
I owe John Piper more than I can possibly express, and so it is most necessary for me to preface any disagreement with him in terms of highest respect. And that is what I do here, right at the top, lest anyone miss it. § This is an odd kind of disagreement, because I actually …
Inchoate Damnation and the Revolt of the Women
Introduction: The hard nugget of the choosing ego is the source of no end of trouble. In one sense, this is the “capital city” of every form of such pro-choice thinking, but in another stricter sense this kind of pandemonium can’t be the central city of anything—because a world of disintegration has no principle of …
Public Theology Comes Out Your Fingertips Also
Introduction: I appreciated the fact that Scott Aniol decided to review Mere Christendom , and I would like to pursue the conversation further if I might. If we keep this up, we might actually ...
No Problem Passages
Introduction: One of the best things my father ever taught me—and there were many to choose from—was the idea that the Christian should resolve in his heart never to have any problem passages ...
Theological Jenga & Full Preterism
Introduction: It should be pretty plain from the things I have written on eschatology that I am what is called a partial preterist, and so I don't think I am giving away any secrets here. At ...