Author Archives: Benj

Again, my fraternal pride balloons to imperial proportions. My sister, Rebekah Devine, has been informed that her paper, tentatively titled, “Made With Hands: The Gods of the Nations in Paul’s Letter to the Galatians,” has been accepted to be read … Continue reading →

Name that film: “I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed–but can you ever be just whelmed?” “I think you can in Europe.” According to the dictionary, ‘whelmed’ is pretty much the same thing as ‘overwhelmed.’ Either … Continue reading →

Last night I had the privilege of playing in a concert celebrating the release of an album by one of my best friends, Gordon Gregory. Given how busy I’ve been lately, I had told Gordon several months ago that I … Continue reading →

In the Boston Globe, Jeff Jacoby–a self-described "believing Jew"–summarizes my own feelings toward the Christian left.

The schedule for the Eastern Regional Conference of the Evangelical Theological Society, hosted by PBU, has been posted here. The keynote speaker is Dinesh D’Souza, who will be speaking Thursday evening, March 3, as well as during the conference on … Continue reading →

Here are some pictures my mom took a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy!

In case you weren’t one of the hundreds of millions watching, you must have heard by now that Christina Aguilera muffed the words of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl® last night. As someone who likes to think he … Continue reading →

Many of the popular, public debates in American Christendom regarding evolution boil down to competing teleologies.  This makes perfect sense: our purpose orders our present, and our beginning creates our purpose. Christians ascribe divine redemptive-historical purpose to the universe, and consider … Continue reading →