Resident Theologian
About the Blog
My latest: why baptism isn’t optional, in CT
A link to my latest CT column on the sacrament of baptism.
Calvin, zombies, and the false faith of the reprobate
Edward Feser on the zombie problem, Calvin on the false faith of the reprobate, and the connection between them.
Sin, preaching, and the therapeutic gospel
Where is sin in contemporary preaching? What are ways to resist reducing the gospel to therapy? Some reflections.
How the Eucharist effects salvation
Since [the Eucharist] is the sacrament of the Lord’s passion, it contains in itself the Christ who suffered. Thus whatever is an effect of our Lord’s passion is an effect of this sacrament. For this sacrament is nothing other than the application of our Lord’s passion to us. . . . Hence it is clear that the destruction of death, which Christ accomplished by his death, and the restoration of life, which he effected by his resurrection, are effects of this sacrament.