theology

Dark-World Animadversions and Other Remarks

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Apr 9, 2020 | Activism (Petitions and Such), Book (& Other) Reviews, DMH Personal News, English Usage, In The News, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary

Image: PiousEye Storm Warming. Created by David M. Hodges for the Pious Eye site by combining and modifying a public domain image and an image by Wikimedia Commons user Dudva, the latter of which was used and reworked in accord with its Creative Commons 4.0 CC BY-SA...

Brief Notice: New Old Paper Uploaded to My Academia Account

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Oct 12, 2019 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Brief Notices, Graduate Papers, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Resources

I just uploaded a paper to my Academia account. Find it...

Will, Sensibility, and Tangents

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Aug 26, 2019 | Book (& Other) Reviews, In The News, Random Commentary, Resources

Below: some preliminary remarks on a terminological issue related to a book in progress. The book: George Will’s The Conservative Sensibility (New York: Hachette Books, 2019). The issue: “This is a republic, not a democracy—let’s keep it that...

Michael Barrett on the KJV: An Excellent and Edifying Presentation

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 4, 2018 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Brief Notices, Resources

👁 Most recently revised on 20 July 2020 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 Another one for your queue (video or audio): Michael Barrett speaks on the “Tradition, Text, and Translation of the KJV.” Highly...

Erratum: Trampling on TULIP

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 3, 2018 | Errata, Random Commentary

👁 Most recently revised on 20 July 2020 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 This is my first entry in the new errata category, which in all likelihood will one day be the category with the most posts. Entries in the category will note instances where I...

One Lord, One Faith, One Olive Tree

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jun 29, 2018 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Brief Notices, Resources

👁 Most recently revised on 20 July 2020 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 Covenant theology is not “replacement” theology. Its point is that the olive tree that is God’s people, the church, is a single tree, not two trees growing side...

Don’t Baptize Another Baby Till You See This

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jun 26, 2018 | Brief Notices, Resources

👁 Most recently revised on 20 July 2020 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 Another worthwhile theology video for your queue: “The Covenant with Abraham…The Case Against Covenantal Infant Baptism.” Though part of a series, it stands well...

Christ-Centered Hermeneutics: A Binge-Worthy Video Series

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jun 20, 2018 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Brief Notices

👁 Most recently revised on 20 July 2020 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 While, from a Bible-believing perspective, popular entertainment never merits the “binge-worthy” descriptor, it turns out there are some online resources that do....

Visit (to Library) Prompts Letter (to Publisher): Sikh Edition

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jun 14, 2018 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

👁 Most recently revised on 20 July 2020 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 This is a letter I just wrote to an organization promoting Sikhism, the youngest of the so-called “world religions.” Encountering some Sikh beliefs in a recent editing...

Worth Reading…with Healthy Skepticism: Carrin’s Spirit-Empowered Theology

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Aug 6, 2017 | Book (& Other) Reviews

👁 Most recently revised on 7 August 2017 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 Carrin, Charles, D.D. Spirit-Empowered Theology. Minneapolis: Chosen, 2007. 351 pages. $19.99 retail. ISBN 978-0-8007-9817-8. I am not part of the signs-and-wonders (Pentecostal,...