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September 2013

September 10, 2013

The Roots of Evangelical Opposition to Syrian Intervention

Last week I wrote about "Paleo Evangelicals and Syria," explaining why many traditional evangelicals will...

September 09, 2013

PAPIAS AND THE MIRACULOUS VINES

Based on my study of Christian history, I offer a couple of strictly non-scientific impressions....

September 08, 2013

THE PASSING OF MARY

And, behold, the archangel Michael rolled back the stone from the door of the tomb;...

September 06, 2013

PETER’S APOCALYPSE

At some point in the ninth century, a Christian monk was buried at Akhmim, in...

September 05, 2013

Evangelicals and White Supremacy

Carolyn Renée Dupont's Mississippi Praying: Southern White Evangelicals and the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1975 is...

September 04, 2013

A Humble Proposal

At the beginning of each semester, I ask my students to call me David, not...

September 03, 2013

Paleo Evangelicals and Syria

I have written on a number of occasions about paleo evangelicals, those who are theologically...

September 02, 2013

Islam in the Christian College?

In a post 9/11 world, engaging Islam in the college classroom is more important than...

September 01, 2013

THE CHILD MARY

If I were to choose the single film that influenced me most, ever, it would...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

TWO GODS, TWO BIBLES?

I have posted recently about the Dualist sects who were such a persistent force through...

August 29, 2013

New and Forthcoming Books

In a New Year's Day post, Thomas Kidd encouraged us to read more and to...

August 28, 2013

The Rise of Progressive Evangelicalism

For most of its history, evangelicalism comfortably housed progressive elements within the movement. Some scholars,...

August 27, 2013

Duck Dynasty’s Cultural Christianity

I hesitate to add my two cents about "Duck Dynasty," at the risk of revealing...

August 26, 2013

THE HOLY FAMILY IN EGYPT

As will be obvious from my recent posts, I am very interested in Egypt’s role...

August 25, 2013

IDLE TALES AND EMPTY SLANDERS

I am rethinking my attitude to paranoia. For many years, I have written on the...

August 23, 2013

ALEXANDRIAN CHRISTIANS

With all the turmoil faced by modern-day Egyptian Christians, I hope it doesn't seem inappropriate...

August 22, 2013

Campus Ministry, Race, and Affirmative Action

We here at IVCF have a spiritual legacy that over the years has sort of...

August 21, 2013

“Welcome to the Multicultural Church”

Follow.Jesus.2013’s final meeting, a Sunday morning church service, was striking. It followed a Friday evening...

August 20, 2013

Rod Dreher’s Little Way of Ruthie Leming

I recently read Rod Dreher's remarkable book The Little Way of Ruthie Leming. My expectations for the...

August 19, 2013

Burning importance of women’s rights?

Last month I visited the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, New...

August 18, 2013

THE CRISIS OF EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANITY

This past week has been horrible for Egypt’s Christians. I offer this quote from the...

August 17, 2013

The History of the Jesus People: “God’s Forever Family”

Over at the Religion in American History blog, Randall Stephens has a fascinating interview with...

August 16, 2013

THE FATE OF THE PATRIARCHS

Once upon a time, the Alexandrian Patriarch Mark was visiting a provincial Egyptian city called...

August 15, 2013

Evangelical-Liberal Détente

Continuing in the vein of last week's post on liberal Protestantism, I recently got my...

August 14, 2013

Surveying Church History

This fall, I am teaching the most pedagogically challenging course of my short teaching career. ...

August 13, 2013

The Bible, Slavery, and Sin

I have been reading Molly Oshatz's thought-provoking new book Slavery and Sin: The Fight against Slavery...

August 12, 2013

SHENOUTE AND THE GNOSTICS

I described the Egyptian monk Shenoute and his fierce wars for orthodoxy in the fourth...

August 11, 2013

SHENOUTE’S WARS

The Egyptian abbot Shenoute is one of the major Christian figures of Late Antiquity. He...

August 10, 2013

When God Spoke Greek

Over at First Things, Collin Garbarino has a fascinating interview with Timothy Michael Law about his...

August 09, 2013

SHENOUTE THE GREAT

Who’s the odd man out: Ambrose, Patrick, John Chrysostom, Leo the Great, Shenoute? All were...

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