Hamlet and the Power of the Tongue
{byline}Death and life are in the power of the tongue.... Proverbs 18:21aShakespeare’s finest tragedyAccording to the renowned Shakespearean scholar Frank Kermode, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet was the...
View ArticleMusic: Myths, Meanings, Messages and Mediums
{byline}Music and the early ChurchAs I’ve been reading Saint John Chrysostom’s On Marriage and Family Life, one of the things that strikes me is how concerned he was about the deleterious effects of...
View ArticleA Vision for the American Church (1)
{byline}A Vision for the American Church (1)And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: “The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation. I know your works:...
View ArticleWisdom and the Love of God
{byline}Cultivating Wisdom (29)Taking the easy way Many Christians today hold a view of God’s love that is distorted by sentimentality. “Sentimentality” means that one’s perspective on God’s love is...
View ArticleA Vision for the American Church (2)
{byline}A Vision for the American Church (2)And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: “The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation. I know your works:...
View ArticleBreaking the Chain: Shakespeare’s Use of the Great Chain of Being in Macbeth
{byline}The celebration of the 450th anniversary ofShakespeare’s birth is a time to not only revisit his masterful plays, poems and characters, but to see how the central themes in these works can be...
View ArticleDefending His Art: Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
{byline}Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything...
View ArticleGrammar Matters
{actionbar} {byline}Gospel: noun or verb? Here’s a question that ought to be simple. Is Gospel a noun or a verb? I trust you answered, “A noun.” Gospel is a noun just like news is a noun. The Gospel...
View ArticleIs Will-Power Good or Bad?
{byline}“Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for...
View ArticleStruggle and the Christian Life
{byline}{actionbar} In his introduction to Saint Athanasius’ “On the Incarnation,” C. S. Lewis reflects that an advantage to reading old books is that they can help us question aspects of our own...
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