Cateclesia Institute

04/03/2026

"Jesus’s ministry formally begins at his baptism, a descent into and rising up through water. This descent and rising both reveals Jesus as the one who will fulfill every angle of God’s multifaceted pattern of creation and previews how he will do so at the cross. In his crucifixion, Jesus is exiled to the captivity of the grave, and, fittingly, on the third day he rises in life as a new creation through the waters of death. Like Noah, he carries his people through the judgment flood, and like Moses leads all who follow him on a new exodus into communion with God."

Typology is all over the Bible. Have you ever noticed? Learn what typology is, how to spot it, and why it changes how you read Scripture.

02/02/2026

This is the liberating revolution that comes with the promise of an eternally complete God:

God doesn’t need you. And he doesn’t need your obedience. The Triune God lacks nothing, possesses everything, and is in his very being eternally full of perfect love and maximal joy. Your obedience cannot add to him, and your disobedience cannot take away from him.

So when God commands you, he’s not doing it to satisfy some unmet need in his internal life—his commands are not for him. Who are they for? They’re for you.

Trevor Laurence Deuteronomy 4 is about obedience, and that is not a topic we tend to enjoy.

01/29/2026

Media from two conferences associated with the Toxic Legacies project—hosted by the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence in partnership with the Cateclesia Institute—is now available for free:

Video In 2025, the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence partnered with the Cateclesia Institute to host...

10/22/2025

Were he alive today, would Abraham Kuyper endorse the ascendant form of nationalism that seeks to "Make America Great Again"? Would he wear the red hat?

David Koyzis takes up this question in the Forum:

David T. Koyzis Someone recently posed a question on social media that, in my estimation, warrants a considered response: Would the...

08/18/2025

This Saturday, August 23rd, Dr. Helen Paynter will be delivering a public lecture entitled "Doing Bad Things with the Good Book: The Weaponization of Scripture in Private and Political Contexts."

Those in and around Winston-Salem, register for free: https://cateclesia.com/events/

08/18/2025

Trevor Laurence's new book—the latest from Athanasius Press in the Theopolis Explorations series—is now available through Amazon:

What does it mean to cry, “Arise, O Lord, in your anger?” And why should Christians pray for God to break the teeth and arm of the wicked? In his book, Arise, O Lord: A Christian Guide to Cursing with God, Trevor Laurence examines the imprecatory psalms to show why the church must sing the Psalt...

07/16/2025

"It is the nature of justice that it is owed to all human beings, regardless of immigration status."

Read more from Glenn Butner in the Forum:

D. Glenn Butner, Jr. The history of US immigration policy is rife with a denial of due process for migrants. There are...

07/16/2025

The nature of government and the nature of justice require that migrants have a fair legal process for determining innocence and guilt, especially given a robust theological anthropology that affirms both the image of God and the fallenness of humanity.

D. Glenn Butner, Jr. in the Forum:

D. Glenn Butner, Jr. The history of US immigration policy is rife with a denial of due process for migrants. There are...

06/30/2025

From Executive Director Trevor Laurence:

9 years ago, I started researching the imprecatory psalms to help the church recover God's justice songs.

"Arise, O Lord" presents that work for pastors and laypeople and is now available for pre-order in the Theopolis Explorations series from Athanasius Press.

The imprecatory psalms are, for many, among the most uncomfortable, perplexing, even morally suspect portions of the Bible. There are many ostensibly violent texts in the Old and New Testaments, to be sure, but the Psalter’s violent prayers against violent injustice do something peculiar: They put...

06/19/2025

If Christians are called to love their enemies, why does the Bible include prayers asking God to bring judgment on them? Trevor Laurence joins Adriel Sanchez...

06/19/2025