Rain poured from the densely clouded sky for what seemed like the fortieth straight day. It had already been the rainiest season in recorded history and there appeared to be little break in sight. The clouds darkened everything, making it feel much earlier than it was. I rose, mumbling my complaints at the weather, and […]
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“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.” —Ephesians 4:15 (RSV) “Speak the truth in love” is an exhortation consistently employed in Christianese to mean “don’t be a jerk so non-Christians won’t judge us.” When someone quotes the first half of
What we can learn from Moses’ death, Joshua’s ascension, and Israel’s journey
We classical Christian educators have little trouble giving reasons for reading the Iliad. Despite its pervasive violence and darkness, it gave birth to much of the Greco-Roman and English literary traditions. Homer established the Western canons of storytelling, and his epic poems make us grapple with ideas and problems central to the human condition. As
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Recently, in the children’s catechism class at church, we reviewed the story of the Flood, Noah, and the ark. And, in the course of reviewing that story with them, I reread Genesis 6-9 and, in doing so, noticed something that should have been clear before. Hear Genesis 9:12-16: And God said, “This is the sign
When I first began discussing the question of eschatology with friends ten years ago, a particular passage of Scripture arose numerous times which more or less foiled every side of every argument: The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of
