‘Secular’ Neglect, Salvation Anyway: Esther 5:9–8:14 and the Theology of the Book of Esther By Wesley Hill In my work as a New Testament professor, I regularly introduce students to the Jewish diaspora — the post-exilic life of the people of I... Read More...
Who is ‘Left Behind’? An Advent Meditation By Wesley Hill One of the Gospel readings appointed for the Advent season used to send chills up my spine when I heard it as a child. “Then two will be in the field,” Jesus says, conjuring the image of two v... Read More...
Communion and Disagreement in the New Testament: Acts 15 The following essay is excerpted from a chapter in When Churches in Communion Disagree, ed. Robert Heaney, Christopher Wells, and Pierre Whalon (Living Church Books, available soon from Amazon.com). By Wesl... Read More...
Unchosen Family and the Crisis in the Southern Baptist Convention By Wesley Hill A long number of springs ago, when I was living with some friends in Minnesota and tired of wintering in my dim basement apartment, I made a habit of taking my Bible and first cup of coffee to... Read More...
Covenant Care in the Wilderness Exodus 15:1-17:7 By Wesley Hill Growing up in church, I would sometimes encounter preachers trying to help us get a fresh angle of vision on Jesus’ famous parable in Luke 15 by saying, “This parable really ... Read More...
A Twenty-First Century Anglican Divine Systematic Theology, Volume 2 The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity Processions and Persons By Katherine Sonderegger Fortress, pp. 416, $49 Review by Wesley Hill Tucked away near the end of Praying the S... Read More...
Roundtable: Why I Write for Covenant (Wesley Hill) Periodically, we like to take stock of our work and mission. How can Covenant best serve the Anglican Communion and wider Christian family? And how do we think about the breadth of our writing? For the next few... Read More...
Bring Your Bible to Class — or Church By Wesley Hill As I prepare to begin my 10th year as a seminary professor, I’m going to begin the biblical capstone class I’ll be teaching by recommending that my students consider taking up a habit they’re ... Read More...
