Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. What will you do when a detransitioner comes to your church? With more young Americans identifying as transgender, easy access to cross-sex hormones, and insurance coverage for gender…
Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. I did not originate the title of this article. The Eikon editors initially asked if I would be willing to write about how and why my thinking…
Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. It seldom happens that theological statements make the news in a secular country such as the Netherlands. However, in the first week of 2019 this is what…
Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. At Union University, we seek to establish all aspects of life and learning on the Word of God. This is who we are, it is who we…
Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. First Corinthians 15:58 states, “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is…
Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. When I first started to read the Bible, twenty-five years ago, I had a deep fear of it and of God’s people. I knew the Bible could…
Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. I can still remember the day when I first saw the Nashville Statement. It was at the end of August in 2017. After reading it for the…
Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. Confessional statements are essential instruments of accountability for every ministry committed to biblical and theological faithfulness. From the first seven ecumenical councils to more recent doctrinal formulations…
Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. In a tweet from February 23, 2019, the late Rachel Held Evans said: Bothers me when @CTmagazine & others refer to exclusionary policies against LGBTQ people as…
Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. Five years ago this Fall, a group of evangelical leaders met in a conference room in Nashville to give a particular response to a particular moment. The…
Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. When the Supreme Court of the United States recognized same-sex marriage as the law of the land on June 26, 2015 in Obergefell v. Hodges, I immediately…
Today’s release of the Fall 2022 Eikon: A Journal for Biblical Anthropology completes its fourth volume and serves as a written monument recognizing the fifth anniversary of the Nashville Statement (2017). As such, much of this issue is dedicated to reflection on the…
