Whenever someone on the internet calls some one or thing Gnostic, I can almost guarantee that this will be an inaccurate accusation. After all, the dualism present in gnosticism was not unique to them. What likely marks them off as a distinct group is, as David Brakke argues, their mythology. And I do not think anyone today holds to their myths.

On May 15th, Pope Leo XIV published an Encyclical Letter called Magnifica Humanitas (noble humanity).

The literal sense is not so easy to define. Get a room with four people and read Isaiah 53. You may find everyone agrees on the verbal sense, but each person thinks the text is about a different person or thing!

Overcome fear with hope and courage. Here are some thoughts from Seneca.

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Eternal relations of authority and submission wrongly describe God's life, but we need to be careful we don't affirm Nestorianism as we are argue against this position:

Nestorianism is a heresy you haven't heard of, but everyone is talking about right now.

As part of Zondervan's Reflective series, Ortlund hits his mark, and evangelicals should read this book

Early Christians celebrated Good Friday and Easter at least as early as the 100s and probably much earlier.

Spence Spencer associate editor for books at The Gospel Coalition. I talked to him about the art of the book review.

Chapters

00:00 The Art of Book Reviews

06:57 Engaging with Popular Theology

13:24 The Influence of Popular Authors

19:50 The Human Element in Reviews