This Week in Word from the Bird
And so it begins, a new semester is underway, unleashing the Kraken of biblical studies and theology!
Monday: Book of the Week: The End of Civility (Free Sign-Ups)
Is civility truly a virtue? Ryan Andrew Newson argues, “sort of.”
Tuesday: Does the Road to the End Times Travel Through the Middle East? (Paid Subscribers)
Is the recent turmoil in the Middle East a portent of the imminent arrival of the “end of days”?
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Wednesday: Western Civilization is Christianity All the Way Down (Free Sign-Ups).
In a recent essay for Quillette, Adam Wakeling argues that Western civilisation’s liberal and secular values did not arise from Christianity but despite Christianity. To which I reply, “Bro, do you even Tom Holland?”
Thursday: Galatians 3:28—Neither Male and Female (Paid Subscribers)
Galatians 3:28-29 is often touted as THE egalitarian manifesto in the New Testament for gender, racial, and economic equality. I believe that! But we still have to ask, is that the main point of the text? How was Gal 3:28-29 heard by its original audience?
Friday: New Video and News of the Week (Paid Subscribers)
The Christian case for liberal democracy and the news of the week!