Journalist Amanda Mull laments the loss of seemingly insignificant relationships in her most recent article "The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories of Friendship" published at The Atlantic. Mull describes the kind of daily acquaintances we once knew. The barista who remembers our usual order, to the guy at the gym who just always seems to be there at the same…...
Read MoreThe theme of love is so pervasive in the New Testament, I don't think someone who consistently ignores it can be well described as orthodox. While there is certainly such a thing as unorthodox love, I don't think there is a biblical category for a loveless orthodoxy. Love is a major, not minor, doctrine in the epistles. You find it…...
Read MoreEvery semester I kick of my introduction to theology course with the same lecture. I needed to record it today for a later section, so I fired up ever trustworthy Facebook Live and broadcasted it earlier today. Here it is: ...
Read MoreToni Jo Terzaghi May 1, 1961 – Jan 11, 2021 Aunt Toni was one tough Italian cookie. She was tough. She was Italian. And she was sweet. But you might not have always picked up on that right away. She had a really good poker face when it came to her sweet side. I think she wanted everyone to know…...
Read MoreThe year was 1965. Martin Luther was scheduled to speak at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, the school his wife Coretta Scott King attended. There was a plot to assassinate him while in town to speak at the event. It was called off due to a KKK rally in another Ohio town about thirty minutes away. There was certainly…...
Read MoreLike many others, I shared an article by Dr. Russell Moore this last week. Moore is the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, and for full disclosure, I'm a research fellow at the ERLC. A more important disclosure, Moore is a longtime mentor and friend. My first theology course in grad school was his first too, not as…...
Read MoreHere's Your Weekend Worldview Reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, & videos I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:40AM (EST). ⊕ Don't Save the Good Words…...
Read MoreThe term "eulogy" is the combination of two Greek words "eus," meaning good and "logos," meaning word. A eulogy is a statement of good words about someone or something. We associate eulogies with short speeches shared by loved ones at a funeral or memorial service. In the New Testament the idea of a eulogy is that of a spoken statement…...
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