He that Cometh III: Priest

Samir PaulOctober 1, 2009

In this series, I attempt to assess Second-Temple-era Jewish messianic expectation.  Start at Part I or see all parts in the series. The case for Jesus...

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Joseph Haydn

Anne BoemlerSeptember 30, 2009

Joseph Haydn was not a genius, Professor Robert Levin told our class. He was not born with the automatic brilliance of a Mozart or a Beethoven. He did not have ...

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Israel, the Church and the Identity of God’s People (2)

Nick NowalkSeptember 29, 2009

" 'If you abandon Israel, God will never forgive you...it is God's will that Israel, the biblical home of the people of Israel, continue for ever and ever.'  So...

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People, Ideas, and Motives

J. Joseph PorterSeptember 25, 2009

(Update: My friend CDK has reminded me that C.S. Lewis wrote an essay some time ago that discusses many of the points I seek to address here.) A couple years a...

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He That Cometh II: Anointing and Messianic Expectation

Samir PaulSeptember 24, 2009

In this series, I attempt to assess Second-Temple-era Jewish messianic expectation.  Start at Part I or see all parts in the series. Elsewhere in scripture, ...

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The Beauties of Temptation

Anne BoemlerSeptember 23, 2009

Adultery is a great evil. This is an inescapable conclusion. And it is not a new conclusion to me—every reading of the Ten Commandments, every discussion of mar...

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Israel, the Church and the Identity of God’s People

Nick NowalkSeptember 22, 2009

In a new series of posts here at the Fish Tank, I want to explore a biblical theme that has long fascinated me: the theological relationship between ethnic Isra...

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Perfection

J. Joseph PorterSeptember 18, 2009

Imperfection everywhere. God's creation is very good - but not perfect. Our bodies age and rot; our homes and belongings perish. Moth and rust destroy; t...

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Christianity – Dead or Alive?

Anne BoemlerSeptember 16, 2009

It was Nietzsche who said it first, but it’s a common thought—Christianity is nihilistic. People may not express themselves in so many words, but who hasn’t hea...

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On Handling The Word Rightly

Nick NowalkSeptember 15, 2009

My time and passion have been utterly consumed of late with beginning of the year ministry stuff here at Harvard, but I hope to start up a  fresh series or two ...

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