“Now in the confession of the Trinity we hear the heartbeat of the Christian religion: every error results from, or upon deeper reflection is traceable to, a departure in the doctrine of the Trinity.”[1] “A Christian’s confession is not an island in the ocean but a high mountaintop from which the whole creation can be
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Hi folks, sorry for failing this week. This is what happens when the whole staff has finals and papers. To make up for it, here’s a bit from Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (because, really, his stuff is better than anything we would write anyway):
Dartmouth Apologia - Christianity and Art – Emily DeBaun discusses the work of Ben Frank Moss, Dartmouth Studio Art Professor and devoted Christian, and how he treats painting as prayer. Desiring God – Christ’s Power Is Made Perfect in Weakness – not a journal, but a resource. Thinking through Paul’s thorn in the flesh. Closing
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Time-lapse Short! from Will Huckle on Vimeo. Spring… and a young woman’s fancy lightly turns to *ahem* thoughts of love. It is unfortunate that while our culture is steeped in images of sex and continual allusions to sexuality, our idea of sex, whether Christian or not, tends to be inextricably linked to things which are
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*I’ve recently been teaching through a biblical perspective on sexuality and relationships in our Harvard college ministry, and wanted to share my (incomplete) notes here. Five main points will be listed separately in the coming weeks. This framework is not exhaustive, of course, but I think these realities go straight to the heart of a Christian
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In both the Jewish and Christian worldviews, idolatry is the overarching “meta-sin” (to use Simon Gathercole’s expression) underneath all other secondary acts and expressions of human evil. The 2nd temple Jewish text Wisdom of Solomon puts it like this: “In return for their [i.e. the Gentiles’] foolish and wicked thoughts, which led them astray to
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