Prayer of Lament and Repentance
Last Sunday morning, I found myself going back to the prophets for prayers of lament. I posted a compilation of a few on
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Toward a Biblical Theology of Religious Liberty
In a recent essay entitled, “The Earth is the Lord’s: A Biblical Theology of Religious Liberty,” I look at the biblical foundations for
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Toward a Reformed Theology of the State
This talk was given last November at a conference hosted by Providence Magazine. My goal was to provide several biblical-theological themes that must
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Called People
I have a new post in Tabletalk magazine on the biblical idea of vocation: At one point or another in life, everyone asks,
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RTStories: Charles Lewis
One of the best parts of being at RTS Washington is the group of students that come through our door each year. Charles
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Poetry and Spiritual Formation
Here’s a recording of an evening event in which I participated in early Fall 2019. Dana Gioia, the Poet Laureate of California among
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Wisdom Literature in Political Discourse
Every once in a while, your area of academic interest shows up in the popular dialogue as mine did last week during the
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Immigration and the Kingdom of God
How do we approach the issue of immigration as citizens of the kingdom of God? I have a piece exploring this question in
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The Bone and the Spirit
Here is a sort of prophetic train of thought based on Ezek 37:1-14, the “Valley of Dry Bones” passage. New life comes for
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A Sense of Ending
There’s a well-written and insightful piece by Gavin Jacobsen in The Times Literary Supplement, about the modern-day sense of things coming to an
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