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The logic of Christendom

Peter-Ben Smit (VU): The Quest for the Historical Jesus in Postmodern Perspective: A Hypothetical Argument. Yoshke of Nazareth: Jesus has many names, not all nice. From Review of Biblical Literature, a review of Key Questions about Biblical Interpretation: Old Testament Answers by John Goldingay; and a review of The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture by Christian Smith. What really happened “in the beginning”: How two evangelicals — one a young-earth creationist, the other an evolutionary creationist — have lived out their faith and professions. What is Biblical justice? Tim Keller on one of the Bible's most misunderstood ideas. From the Distributist Review, Christopher Ferrara on the logic of Christendom: With the Greco-Catholic synthesis comes an understanding of human freedom as involving, not only the practice of virtue, but liberation of the soul from the effects of sin. From Homiletic and Pastoral Review, John Splinter on preaching about pornography and addiction. A review of Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation by Jerry Walls. Where the sidewalk ends: Ric Hudgens on the spirituality of apocalypse (and part 2).