- Mike Higton begins a series on homosexuality and the church by putting the discussion in precisely the right context; i.e., by asking ‘What difference does it make to see sexual relationships in the light of God’s word to the world in Christ? ‘The Gospel … is God’s command … The command of God is not extraneous to the gospel – as if God, while saving us in Christ by the Spirit, said, ‘Oh, and there’s another, unrelated thing I wanted to talk to you about…’. A consequence: If there is some intelligible connection between the gospel and sexual relationships, there would be a binding Christian sexual ethic (a command of God regarding sexual behaviour) even if there were no passages in Scripture that explicitly treated sexual matters’.
- Halden Doerge rethinks recapitulation.
- Robert Lieber asks, ‘Is America finished?‘
- Istvan Deak reviews The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia by Michael A. Sells, and The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina: Their Historic Development from the Middle Ages to the Dissolution of Yugoslavia by edited by Mark Pinson.
- Jonathan Chait offers a hard-hitting review of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein.
- Jim Gordon concludes his series of reflections on an ‘emotionally demanding and theologically enjoyable encounter’ with Hans Küng’s Disputed Truth: Memoirs II.
- And something I’ve been thinking about: ‘Does good art propose a question or an answer?’ Any thoughts?