Resources from 2026
When Dr. Fesko chose the topic of the imagination to introduce to our church his new book, The Cathedral of Theology: Principles of Christian Dogmatics, I immediately knew I wanted to read it. His description of a chapter about the place of imagination in theology was enthralling. Often dismissed as [...]
The phrase, “liturgical Presbyterianism,” may seem like a contradiction in terms but the American Presbyterian Church, and Reformed churches throughout history, have a long tradition of using approved liturgical forms for worship. A recovery of that tradition will help American Presbyterianism [...]
One year ago, on September 10th, 2025, Charlie Kirk was assassinated. Twenty-five years ago, the United States was attacked by terrorists on 9/11. I will not attempt to wax eloquent about what these events mean for us today and what civic life is like in America in the wake of these evil atrocities. While these events stand out [...]
The second-century apologetic “Letter to Diognetus” declares, “What the soul is in the body, Christians are in the world. The soul is dispersed through all the members of the body, and Christians are scattered through all the cities of the world. The soul dwells in the body, yet is not of the body; and Christians dwell in the world [...]
After receiving the Templeton Prize in 2020, world renowned physician-geneticist Francis Collins wrote in a prepared statement, “The elegant complexity of human biology constantly creates in me a sense of awe.” Collins’s reflection captures the wonder felt by so many in the scientific-medical community [...]
We currently inhabit a unique historical moment that the sociologist Philip Rieff presciently termed the "triumph of the therapeutic." The great secular project of the twentieth century made a specific promise: if we dismantled the external structures of religious law, we would finally be free from the crushing weight [...]
“From the Nile to the Euphrates” (Gen 15:18). The land God gave to his people included today’s Palestine, Jordan, parts of Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. “It would be fine if they took it all,” said U. S. Ambassador to Israel and Baptist minister, Mike Huckabee. [...]
Even though John Calvin has been dubbed the “theologian of the Holy Spirit,” his theological heirs, Reformed Presbyterians, are sometimes maligned as giving the Holy Spirit the short shrift. I remember visiting a friend’s charismatic church during college and being told that I “didn’t have much of the Spirit” because [...]
For many within the Reformed tradition, the question of weekly communion appears to be settled before it is even asked. Scripture does not issue an explicit command requiring the Lord’s Supper to be observed every week. Church history, though often suggestive, does not present a universal decree mandating such a practice. [...]
The year of 2026 is a very strange moment in our secular age. Thinking Christians are grappling with how to speak into a moment largely galvanized by polarization, AI slop, institutional distrust, and memes. If you’re curious about cultural apologetics, you’ve most likely encountered the work of Charles Taylor, especially [...]
Christian theology is a vast expanse in which a dizzying array of doctrines orbit a single Son that holds them in their courses. We ought not dismiss any of these doctrines as unimportant, but there are some that sit at the heart of the Christian faith, while others are more peripheral. At the center [...]
Suppose someone declares, “Christianity is not credible.” What do they mean and how should we respond to that claim? They probably mean that Christianity isn’t worthy of belief. They know there are lots of Christians, but their point is that there shouldn’t be because Christianity isn’t worthy of belief. [...]
One of the most compelling books in the Old Testament is that of Ruth, which follows its namesake’s journey from Moabite widow to covenantal member in the family of promise. Despite the myriad theological significances of this four-part narrative, the book proceeds scarcely mentioning the Lord at all [...]
In a recent church small group, in which I was the youngest participant by several decades, I witnessed a surprising display of emotion. Older women—saints in the church who have nurtured and fed me literally and spiritually—tearfully sharing painful memories from their middle school years. Here, in the winter seasons [...]
The New Testament does not present the Lord’s Supper as an occasional supplement to Christian worship, but as something bound up with the church’s gathered life. The Supper appears there not by way of explicit scheduling command—“observe this weekly”—but through a pattern [...]
