Especially that thing that you’re sure it doesn’t. In John’s prologue we’re told that ‘all things’ were made through Jesus, and that there is nothing that has been made that was made without him. We’re hedged in by the positive and negative affirmations: if it was made, Jesus made it. Paul says something similar in… Continue reading Christianity speaks to everything
Tag: Christopher Watkin
An Order of Loves
Jesus tells us to render to Caesar what is Caesar's (Mark 12), what bears his image, meaning coinage; he continues that we should render to God what is God’s, what bears God’s image, meaning us. Our whole selves are supposed to be offered to God, such that the offering of my self to God becomes… Continue reading An Order of Loves
Biblical Critical Theory: A (Modestly) Critical Review
Chris Watkin’s Biblical Critical Theory has been much lauded in evangelical circles over the past year. Because I clearly suffer from extreme FOMO I decided to read it too. No, that’s not fair at all, it’s lauded by people I respect greatly so I hoped that it would be a useful and beneficial read. I… Continue reading Biblical Critical Theory: A (Modestly) Critical Review


