Merold Westphal is a Christian in the Reformed tradition who likes to make use of atheist philosophers to help develop what he dubs the hermeneutics of suspicion (the suspicion that we have darker motives for our truth claims) and the hermeneutics of finitude (our humanness always prevents us from seeing everything). As much as I […]
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It is much simpler to criticize than it is to create. All criticism takes is a quick wit and a sharp tongue. It requires little investment of the depths of yourself, and you can all the while maintain a safe and respectable distance from committing yourself to anything.
Creation, on the other hand, is a profoundly self-giving […]
I went out for coffee today with my friend Cam. It’s been great having him here in between terms at Regent. He’s gotta be easily among the top ten people on planet earth, but he doesn’t always think so…
Anyways, we talked over a nice cup of java over the joys and perils of theology. […]

