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An Altar Call for Evangelical Ameirca
Note: From Losing Our Religion (Sentinel 2023). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Two words filled me with rage: Jesus Saves. On January 6, 2021, the president of the United States assembled a mob in Washington – promising a “wild”...
What Is Gender? And Why Does Trying to Answer That Question Drive Everybody (to Put It in Highly Technical Theological Terms) Absolutely Bonkers?
Note: From Gender as Love (Baker 2023). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. I think that [Sarah] Coakley is basically correct in her claim that gender is defined by that which makes us who we are, our identities, something that...
A Window and a Mirror: Christ at Sundance 2023
From babies raised in AI-driven artificial wombs to a London father forced to care for the child he abandoned, movies are an essential embodiment of cultural discourse about what it means to be human. By understanding and responding well to contemporary film,...
Classic EWP Talks: Political but Not Partisan
When it comes to what Vince Bacote has called “political discipleship,” the church in the U.S. is already beginning to emerge – yes, it really is! – from a generation of Babylonian captivity. Young Christians aren’t interested in taking their public theology from...
Just What Is a “Christian” College, Anyway?
When talking to my father one day, he made an offhand comment about Texas Christian University and Southern Methodist University being Christian universities. At that moment, I knew I needed to write the book that has been just been released as Christian Higher...
Member Spotlight: Breadth and Depth of Collaboration
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Lynn Cohick. A transcript of the interview appears below. This is the first of a series of interviews we conducted while at the Evangelical Theological Society meeting in November 2023. If you are a Karam Fellowship...
Refresh and Reconnect: Faculty Retreat Hotel Room Block Closing Soon!
Our $75 group discount rate on hotel rooms at the Asbury Inn for our faculty retreat expires on December 3, so make your reservation today! Refresh and reconnect at the 2024 Karam Fellowship Faculty Retreat on January 3-5, 2024! We’ll be gathering at Asbury...
The Holy Spirit Is Deflective, Reflexive and Connective
Note: From The Holy Spirit: An Introduction (Crossway 2023). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Normally when we grow in our knowledge of people, we say that while we knew them already, now we know them better. But in the case of...
Baxter’s Misogyny and Clerical Marriage
Our peer-reviewed journal, Faith & Flourishing, is pleased to publish its latest scholarly article: “Richard Baxter’s Misogyny and the Protestant Dilemma of Clerical Marriage" by Seth D. Osborne, which is being published in Faith & Flourishing Volume 2 (2023)....
Classic EWP Talks: Planned, Called and Sent
How can we really, effectively, place the gospel within the larger context of who God is and his plan for all things? God’s unfolding mission of redemption in history is grounded in his eternal plan, which in turn is grounded in his own triune nature – three persons...