A Land and a People of Whose Own?
Steven Nemes goes looking for nationalism in the call of Abram. What he finds is an order of creation, and the twentieth century has already shown us where those lead.
Hoping Against Hope (Romans 4:13–25)
A Homily for the Second Sunday after Pentecost (Year A)
The Body Does Not Reveal the Person
A Post-Barthian Reply to a Conservative Evangelical Sermon on Gender
Before the Foundation
A Sermon on Ephesians 1:3–10
The Greater and More Perfect Tent
A guest post devotional by Karl Velik
Leaving Substack for “Life Under the Word”
Substack’s moderation posture and business model have created recurring controversies about the normalization of far-right content. I am leaving for Ghost, and this post lays out my reasoning.
Begin with Mercy
Psalm 51 and the Grace That Makes Confession Possible
The Light That Judges Our Lamps
Wednesday after the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year A)