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The Good Place conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

The Good Place

At the beginning of The Good Place, Eleanor Shellstrop finds herself in the afterlife. She’s welcomed by the mysterious Michael, who explains her demise and proceeds to show her around the Good Pla…

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Following the BVM conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

Following the BVM

I recently came across Margaret Solomon-Bird’s rendition of the Annunciation and found myself reflecting on what must have been a truly remarkable scene. I mean, imagine it: after centuries of wait…

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Consider the Orc conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

Consider the Orc

One of the most haunting moments in Amazon’s new show The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power comes in its fourth episode, when the mysterious Adar, whose origins and identity remain unclear, com…

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Theonomy’s Problem: Universals v. Particulars conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

Theonomy’s Problem: Universals v. Particulars

Against my better judgment, but because it’s irresistible fun, I have written on theonomy again. This time, in a symposium for London Lyceum. My contribution is a refutation of the common theonomis…

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What the Eastern Church Does Best conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

What the Eastern Church Does Best

In a previous article, I admitted the tension of experiencing unanswered prayers for my own chronic condition, all the while rejoicing in the fact that the Church heals souls; “…for what does it pr…

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Cosmic Order and the Architecture Wars conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

Cosmic Order and the Architecture Wars

There’s something primordially powerful about the idea of a house with infinite rooms, something that taps into the deepest recesses of childhood fear and wonder. All of us likely have some memory,…

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The Utopian Trifecta conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

The Utopian Trifecta

Once upon a time, there was a good and gracious King. Though he was king of all the land, he gave one of his lands to his oldest subject, but this man was soon tricked by the king’s enemy into givi…

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Tradition is the Answer to Questions We’ve Forgotten We Have conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

Tradition is the Answer to Questions We’ve Forgotten We Have

If you are a publicly confessing Christian for long enough you will likely encounter an interesting event: at some point a secular friend will ask for your prayers. It is often the same one who get…

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Walking and Running conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

Walking and Running

I see it time and again…my two-year-old daughter, who has been walking for over a year, decides to take off and ends up falling flat on the floor. It’s very cute, and she gets up and acts like it w…

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The Providential Love of God: Reflections on Psalm 107 conciliarpost.com/theology-s…
In Praise of the Ascension conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

In Praise of the Ascension

The great Anglican priest and preacher, John Stott, once lamented that the Church had decided to speak of Jesus’ entry into heaven as the Feast of the Ascension. It would be more biblical, insisted…

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Couples and Convention conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

Couples and Convention

Quick: what are the names of the popular members of the royal family who will one day serve as King and Queen of the United Kingdom? Now, what are the names of the famous married couple whose Depre…

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In Defense of the New Perspective on Paul (Part 3) conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

In Defense of the New Perspective on Paul (Part 3)

Unfortunately, Cara explains that the rest of his article will focus on works-righteousness, and that he will not undertake an examination of Old Testament covenantal nomism. It is unclear why he c…

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In Defense of the New Perspective on Paul (Part 2) conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

In Defense of the New Perspective on Paul (Part 2)

To recap, Cara concludes that, in NPP soteriology, “Justification is no longer a once-for-all declaration that by grace alone God declares sinners to be righteous in his sight based on the work of …

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Modes of Being conciliarpost.com/philosophy…
In Defense of the New Perspective on Paul (Part 1) conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

In Defense of the New Perspective on Paul (Part 1)

I am by no means an expert—in fact, I’m probably not even “well-versed”—in the New Perspective on Paul and the various views that fall under that umbrella. My education on the NPP came experiential…

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Christians and Conspiracy Theories conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

Christians and Conspiracy Theories

“You’ve been vaccinated against COVID?” he said with a horrified gasp. “Don’t you know that the mRNA will cause your body to shed spike protein fragments, rendering people sitting next to you infer…

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The Message of Mary of Magdala conciliarpost.com/theology-s…

The Message of Mary of Magdala

People across the Christian West will celebrate Easter this coming Sunday. Which means, per usual, publications are offering their usual spate of think pieces about what really happened nearly thou…

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Book Review: “On Gender and the Soul” conciliarpost.com/reviews/bo…

Book Review: “On Gender and the Soul”

If you’re anything like me, when you hear the word “soul,” your mind probably leaps immediately to something resembling the folk conception of a “ghost.” We live in a culture saturated with images …

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