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I write about theology and the moral life, which includes reflections on Scripture, the body, honor and reputation, the imagination, technology, and much more.
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#783: Women, Childbearing, and Good Works (opens the original)
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Paul's contention that women will be "saved through childbearing" in 1 Timothy 2:14 ranks among the most obscure and difficult passages in his corpus. On a straightforward reading, Paul seems to be adopting a rather radical pro-natalist principle by moving childbearing directly to the center of women's salvation. Paul's pronatalist commitments in 1 Timo… Read more
#782: Romans 11.1-10 (opens the original)
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"I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your a… Read more
# 781: Status is an Accelerant (opens the original)
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One of the central ideas I have been working with the past year or so is that the substance of good works should be both conceptually and motivationally prior to our status. To put the idea simply, honor or status are the external recognition or renown that may or may not accompany good works: they're nice if you get them, but since they are not constit… Read more
#780: Romans 11.14-21 (opens the original)
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How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But they have not all obeyed the gosp… Read more
780. On Creeds (opens the original)
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In my recent essay on creeds, I attempted to reframe them away from 'lists of doctrines' toward commitments that map out the landscape that we enter when we pray. Before I wrote that, I solicited questions about creeds from readers. Here are a few thoughts in response to those queries. To what extent can/should Protestants take creeds as authoritative. … Read more
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