Neither Jew nor Gentile, Who Am I?

Neither Jew nor Gentile, Who Am I?

Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus, the New York City instantiation of Athen’s idyllic acropolis, descended into a battlefield for justice. On campus, red, white, and green streaks blur en masse for the Palestinian cause while the star of David dissents. Accusations of terrorism and injustice explode from both sides; arrows fire into the identity of the opposition. This is the reality. Identity, in both colloquial and philosophical understandings, motivates moral action in the modern age.  . .  Read More

Echoes of Eden: What Falling Does

Echoes of Eden: What Falling Does

A man hungry for knowledge grasped at the same straws as Adam—except this man exalted only a care for rebellion rather than omniscience, a sense of the heavens and earths’ corporeal, “wicked” desires and “pleasure[s],” disregarding our Lord’s promise. In his autobiographical work Confessions, St. Augustine contents himself with a theft from a vineyard laden with pears, yet later ruminates over his juvenile blunder in an ink splurge, manifesting itself as a lesson for us Christians centuries later. . .  Read More

How to Train Your Alien

How to Train Your Alien

 

He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” . . . The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” (Genesis 3:1, 13) . .  Read More

Taste And See

Taste And See

At my church’s retreat a few weeks ago, I learned the song Psalm 34 (Taste and See) by Shane & Shane. During this hectic semester, these words have become an anchor and reminder of the Lord’s faithfulness. . .  Read More

Set by Christ (Psalm 118)

Set by Christ (Psalm 118)

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

This is the Lord’s doing;

it is marvelous in our eyes. . .  Read More

The Loving Lordship of Jesus Christ (Psalm 110)

The Loving Lordship of Jesus Christ (Psalm 110)

The LORD said to my Lord:

“Sit at my right hand

Until I make your enemies 

A footstool for your feet.” (Psalm 110:1) . .  Read More

Walking Down the Aisle of Salvation (Psalm 45)

Walking Down the Aisle of Salvation (Psalm 45)

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.

The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;

you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. . .  Read More

The Sweetness of Taking Refuge in Christ (Psalm 34)

The Sweetness of Taking Refuge in Christ (Psalm 34)

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!

Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints, . .  Read More

Obedience Beyond Fear (Psalm 22)

Obedience Beyond Fear (Psalm 22)

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

. . . Yet you are holy,

enthroned on the praises of Israel.

In you our fathers trusted; . .  Read More