I sometimes cannot think hard enough.

My friend is writing a paper about propitiation and atonement.

“There are five definitions of propitiation,” he told me. And I know that there are at least five major approaches to explaining atonement. I know this because I’ve spent so0me time recently reading those explanations. And listening to lectures.

And I walk away from the conversations about theological concepts feeling tired and a bit defeated. I cannot muster the energy to weigh all the aspects of each of the definitions, each of th...