Sifting Through Church Tradition

After several off-blog conversations about my post “What Evangelicals Can Learn From Francis Beckwith’s Conversion to Roman Catholicism,” the necessity of a post on identifying church tradition became expedient. Though no one (not even the Catholic commentators) raised the issue of how a protestant appropriates tradition in the previous post, it is an issue which [...]

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What Evangelicals Can Learn From Francis Beckwith’s Conversion to Catholicism

The Events (can be skipped by those familiar with the story) 
The news of prominent evangelical scholar Francis Beckwith’s conversion to Roman Catholicism is not a breaking news story anymore (though some of you may be learning about it for the first time). To those outside the camp of evangelicalism, the story is largely irrelevant and only makes them wonder, [...]

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Saying Good Bye to Blogging

Dear Faithful Readers of Chaos and Old Night,
It is with some reluctance that I write my final post on this blog in the form of a good bye. However, with my responsibilities increasing on the church and academic fronts, I have concluded that at this point in time, I cannot blog consistently any [...]

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Sein of the Times

Nicolae Ceausescu, Truman Capote, ABSCAM, NORAD, Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras, John Hausman, Fidel Castro, George Steinbrenner, Joe Pepitone, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Marissa Tome, Plato, Loni Anderson, Rich Little, John Cougar Mellencamp, Lenny Bruce, Geraldo Rivera, Hizballah, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Superman, Batman, The Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Frank Sinatra, Herman Mellville, Tony Bennett, Robert [...]

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