"Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the
11.14.2011| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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When Joy Davidman died of cancer in 1956, C. S. Lewis was devastated. Towards the end of his raw, unnerving ruminations on his grief over the loss of his beloved wife, Lewis began to reflect upon how his mental perception of God had been gradually changed through his unbearable suffering. He c
11.9.2011| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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This is an excerpt from Richard Bauckham's new Jesus: A Very Short Introduction in the well-known Oxford series of little books on big subjects: "Jesus' most socially radical statements concern slaves, children, and the poor. He made a sharp contrast between the oppressive regime of the Gentiles
10.31.2011| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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Christianity possesses quite a distinctive and peculiar understanding of the way human knowledge works. On the one hand, because we believe that God is a rational, logical Being who created the universe in a coherent, stable manner, Christianity confidently teaches that human beings can know God
10.24.2011| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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While few historic Christian beliefs are more ignored or misunderstood than the doctrine of the Trinity today, fewer still are more important or practical to the ongoing life of the church. Lately, I've been running across a strange new "angle" that sheds light on what Christians (should) mean w
10.17.2011| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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“The crucial difference between the Catholic and common uses of the word “mystery” lies here. When the term is applied to divine realities, the mystery involved is by definition without end. This is not to say (as nominalists, in contrast to Aquinas, seemed to want to say) that the things
07.4.2011| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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Against every dictate of common (or is it merely human?) sense, the apostle Paul once audaciously claimed that, in his own intentional crafting of his gospel message, he adhered to this startling PR strategy: "Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloque
07.4.2011| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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