Theological Triage and Historical Precedent In 2005, Albert Mohler introduced the term “theological triage” in his article, A Call for Theological Triage and Christian Maturity. He drew an analogy from the medical field, where emergency responders prioritize patients based on the severity of their condition. Similarly, theological triage helps Christians distinguish between doctrines of first-order …
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Aimee Byrd was a guest speaker at a mini-conference we held at our church several years ago. At the time of our conference back in the fall of 2018, she had written Housewife Theologian (2013), Theological Fitness (2015), No Little Women (2016), and Why Can’t We Be Friends (2018), all of which, I had no …
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Tis the season for presidential elections! I make no apologies for the fact that I exploit the fervor in such a time to introduce my friends to political theology that I’ve found helpful. As such… I’ll be hosting a very efficient book study that will meet only twice over the next month+. We’ll meet once …
My wife once told me a story from A Tale of Two Cities. It took place in a small village outside of Paris in the late 18th century. The French Revolution had not yet begun, and the townspeople were living under oppressive poverty. One day a large cask of wine was being unloaded from a …
I first read Into the Wild as a teenager. I was working at a Christian bookstore at the time, selling copies of Left Behind and The Prayer of Jabez in a shopping center off the highway. On breaks I would walk across parking lots and past chain restaurants to the Barnes & Noble to read John Krakauer’s account of …
At times, reading Robert Capon’s The Supper of the Lamb feels like being shown around a quaint cooking shop by its aged proprietor. He strolls with you through the aisles, offering delightful, unsolicited advice on culinary implements: If you never sharpen your own knives, you will no doubt prefer stainless ones; but if you are …
