Editor’s note: The following interview appears in the Fall 2020 issue of Eikon. Oliver O’Donovan is Professor Emeritus of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh. Andrew T. Walker is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at the…
Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2020 issue of Eikon. While he is little known among Protestant Christians, the Italian Catholic philosopher Augusto Del Noce was one of the most perceptive late-twentieth-century critics of both secularism and…
In her new book Recovering from Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Aimee Byrd takes me and Owen Strachan to task for our understanding of 1 Corinthians 16:13. The verse reads as follows: “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like…
Editor’s Note: The following essay appears in the Spring 2020 issue of Eikon. Until 2019, I held the common, historic Protestant view of divorce, namely, that adultery and desertion were the only two legitimate grounds for divorce allowed by Scripture.[1]…
Editor’s Note: The following review appears in the Spring 2020 issue of Eikon. George F. Will. The Conservative Sensibility. New York: Hachette Books, 2019. Introduction Combine exceptional research, brilliant storytelling, unassailable logic, and a world-class, Pulitzer Prize winning author, and you…
Editor’s Note: The following essay appears in the Spring 2020 issue of Eikon. After fifty years of fractious debate over sexuality, The United Methodist Church is about to divide into two or more denominations. This division would have occurred at…
Editor’s Note: The following essay appears in the Spring 2020 issue of Eikon. On December 19, 2019 the British writer J. K. Rowling tweeted out the following message: Dress however you please.Call yourself whatever you like.Sleep with any consenting adult…
Editor’s Note: The following essay appears in the Spring 2020 issue of Eikon. Imagine, if you will, a divinely-designed institution perfectly tuned toward maximal human flourishing — dynamic, responsive, devoted, fecund, nurturing. Now consider any concerted opposition to such an…
Editor’s Note: The following interview appears in the Spring 2020 issue of Eikon. Dr. Jason K. Allen is President of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, a Southern Baptist seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. He is also a Council member of CBMW.…
Editor’s Note: The following essay appears in the Spring 2020 issue of Eikon. The issue of abortion is never far out of the news. This perennial discussion provides believers with regular opportunity to articulate our convictions as well meaningfully engage…
Editor’s Note: The following essay appears in the Spring 2020 issue of Eikon. As the world seeks a sense of normalcy following the coronavirus outbreak, Americans are once again turning their attention to the 2020 election. In November, voters will…
Editor’s Note: The following essay appears in the Spring 2020 issue of Eikon. As the outpouring obituaries demonstrate, Roger Scruton was one of the most influential philosophers of the last fifty years. He made original and profound contributions to the…
