Quick Answer: No [said in a gentle, non-Pharisaical, non-Grinchie tone], because God himself is not “reckless.” God’s agape (intentional covenant love) – like his perfect Being – is on the opposite extreme of reckless. God’s agape is everlasting (Jer 31:3; […]
image: A Scottish Sacrament, by Henry John Dobson (credit below) What is the Extra Calvinisticum? The Extra Calvinisticum is an expression which Luther used to describe (pejoratively) the Reformed view of the Lord’s Supper concerning the Real Presence. […]
Ephesians 1 & 2 – a study series . The city of Ephesus is more prominent in the New Testament and in early Christianity than we may realize. Sermons and commentary on the New Testament tend to give Rome […]
image: Dante Meets Beatrice at Ponte Santa Trinita by Henry Holiday (1883) Longform essay : read time 17.5 min Empathy and emoting it has become the highest virtue. That’s a big reason so many are confused about orientation or eros. How […]
review of Communal Reading in the Time of Jesus: A Window into Early Christian Reading Practices by Brian J. Wright. Fortress Press, 2017. Print length, 321 pages. Available in print and digital. Fortress Press page for this book. Amazon page […]
image – Fishing For Souls: allegory of the jealousy between the various religious denominations during the Twelve Years Truce between the Dutch Republic and Spain by Adriaen van der Venne, 1614. Rijksmuseum. (image credit below) . Is it safe for Protestants to read […]
