"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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Everyone has a favorite teacher. We’ve all learned quite a bit along the way, which means someone taught us, and, inevitably, some were better at teaching than others. I would describe one of my favorite teachers as “quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to t
08.9.2011| The Fish Tank | jihyechoi
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The power to heal, power to kill (Pro. 18:21) From morning until evening does fill Unlike an electronic document, where words disappear with the simple stroke of a key, Or a sheet of letter paper marked with ink, shredded so easily, A word, a thought spoken So carelessly and hastily
08.2.2011| The Fish Tank | jihyechoi
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The overwhelming majority of commentators and scholars who reflect upon Paul's letter to the Romans agree that 1:16-17 is the thesis of the apostle's entire vision. Succintly, Romans is all about the 'revelation of God's righteousness.' The great hope of the Old Testament, in which the peopl
06.20.2011| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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Paul's letter to the Romans needs no introduction here, and I would imagine that virtually all Christians are at least mildly aware of its importance, both theologically and historically, within the broader Christian traditions. In the past 30 years, perhaps the most important and controversial d
03.7.2011| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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*A short piece I wrote on 1 Corinthians 7 appeared in the latest print journal of the Ichthus. For anyone interested in a more detailed (but still nowhere close to exhaustive) interpretation of this controversial passage, a significantly expanded version is offered below: That the moral visio
02.27.2011| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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To review, here’s the question posed in part I: C. Marshall: Many Christians invoke their direct experience of Christ as their primary reason for belief in the veracity of Christianity. Yet religious experiences appear to be nearly universal across geography and time. Muslims, Hindus, Buddhi
11.16.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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