If you read one article this week, engage The Creator God of the New Testament by Wesley Hill.
For those of you with a bit more time on your hands, consider reading the suggestions below from this week (and late last). As always, I hope that you find these article interesting, challenging, and stimulating to your thinking. Feel free to leave other suggested links in the comments section below.
Theology and Religion
Can God and Penguins Co-Exist? by Andrew Haines
Athens, Jerusalem, and Nag Hammadi by Phillip Jenkins
In Defense of Evangelical Eclecticism by Luke Stamps
A Change in Perspective: One Woman’s Journey into Eastern Orthodoxy by Sarah Carlson
Read together both The Islamic State and Islam by Kevin Bywater and The Problem with “Islamic” Terrorism by Chris Smith
Biblical Studies and the History of Christianity
When did the New Testament become “Scripture”? by Lee McDonald
Misreading or Redacting Aramaic Sources? by James Crossley
How Christianity’s Eastern History Has Been Forgotten by Rowan Williams
The Animals Went in Two by Two: Another Flood Account by Ben Witherington III
Why Did the Gospel of Mark Survive? by Michale Kok
Worldviews and Culture
Kristof’s Imperial Liberalism by R. R. Reno
Music and the Transcendental by Roger Scruton
Unscientific Obstinacy by Mark Bauerlein
Pursuing Veritas 