In the Old Testament, Israel was to be guided by the lex talionis (Latin for “the law of retaliation”). In modern usage, we might know this as the principle of an eye for an eye. But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth,...
Systematic Theology
The Sin of Pity
We love to smooth the “rough edges” of biblical revelation. To take what is beautiful in its complexity and to mass produce reductionistic, monolithic, and bite-sized maxims and cliches. We like to avoid theological tension, by watering down the word to some lowest...
What Theological Resources Do We Recommend?
Christians desire deep affections for God. We all want to love God more and to change our hearts to do so. But how? We pray and fast and pursue other disciplines, but we also believe that the way to change the heart isn't really by trying to change the heart. Love...