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Barth & the Bible in Yosemite 20 Aug 2013 | 12:45 pm
Last week my family got to spend a few days in Yosemite, artfully dodging the summer crowds and hiking as hard as a clan of young not-especially-hikers can. It was great. Along with the Bible and the ...
A Mind Curved in on Itself 20 Aug 2013 | 03:40 am
“So, what are you working on?” she might ask. This is how these grad school parties go. “Sin,” I would invariably reply—sometimes saying a bit more, to make the pill go down smooth. Other times I’d ut...
Ashes and Life 13 Aug 2013 | 12:20 am
This summer a neighbor of mine died. I had gotten to know Jim and his wife, Teresa, during the last ten years I’ve lived on their street. I had the privilege of offering a tribute at his memorial serv...
How to Read John Wesley’s Sermons 9 Aug 2013 | 05:27 am
John Wesley is an author we go out of our way to read In the Torrey Honors Institute’s great books sequence. In most great books curricula, you wouldn’t likely find Wesley’s name ranked alongside Home...
“A Needed Doctrinal Synthesis” 7 Aug 2013 | 11:57 am
The back pages of the June 2013 issue of JETS contain some very helpful book reviews. As usual, reviewers alerted me to a couple of books I need to read, and tipped me off to a number of books I shoul...
How Do I Learn From Experience If I Don’t Have Any? 5 Aug 2013 | 04:02 am
Earlier this summer, I got an email from John Buchanan, a current student in the Torrey Honors Institute: Hello, Dr. Jenson. As you may be told from time to time, you are the mentor that seemed sensib...
Time 29 Jul 2013 | 10:06 pm
We are all past, present, and future. While our lives may be bound in the present, what constitutes our “who” has come before, and will be. I am myself, my mother’s child, my child’s mother. The intri...
Théologal Existence Today 28 Jul 2013 | 12:50 am
On page one of his 1996 book Christian Faith & the Theological Life, Dominican Romanus Cessario makes a distinction. “To acquire knowledge about God is one thing; to commit oneself to him is another.”...
Endorsements for Wesley on the Christian Life 27 Jul 2013 | 01:34 am
My new book, Wesley on the Christian Life: The Heart Renewed in Love (Crossway, 2013) is scheduled for August release, and is already available for pre-order (hint, hint). The book has received genero...
An Empty Wardrobe 22 Jul 2013 | 02:29 am
I’ve made it a habit to avoid movies starring Johnny Depp. There are many things I can put up with in an actor, but that special Depp brand of unctuous sex appeal is not one of them. After one last sh...
