Tavis BohlingerThere isn’t one item that the Covid-lockdowns have affected. I tend to think of myself as relatively Type-A and quite structured in my writing and research life. But now, I’m lucky to have a few hours of research, if at all, on any given day.
"Think of your life on the other side of the pandemic. How will you retroactively judge the decisions you made during lockdown?"
"Life in lockdown is exhausting." Prof John Barclay
"If we completely detach our modern-day applications from a text’s original, historical context, we risk misapplying the text—sometimes in embarrassing ways."
Watching the news a few days ago, I saw photos and videos of those protesting the COVID-19 quarantine on full display. I’m growing weary of how certain biblical texts are attached to certain political movements and demonstrations—texts that are...
"I chose intentionally to forsake the possibility of reading broadly and chose to read much more narrowly instead."