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“By God’s Gifts and the Widow’s Faith”: An Epigram on Elijah
Been a while; new poem today. In this post, I translate Greek Anthology 1.77, on 1 Kings 17, in which Elijah is fed by the widow. For anyone who heard John 6:1-15 for yesterday's Gospel reading, the theme will be familiar. The original is a single elegiac couplet. My...
Discovering Calvin’s Ecclesiology
What did the great Reformer believe about the Church?
Those Misunderstood Anabaptists
The Anabaptists are much malgined in Reformation history. But who were they, really?
Let’s Get Medieval
Why it’s worth studying the Church in medieval England.
Why Protestants Read Aristotle’s Ethics
In the Reformation, the Philosopher was used by the Reformers just as much as by Roman Catholics.
Identity and the Life of the Mind: The Eternal Value of Boethius
Boethius provides powerful resources for contemplating how knowledge relates to identity formation in the Christian life.
Retrieving Augustine’s Doctrine of Creation: A Review
A generous, broad-ranging engagement with the great Church Father on a fraught topic.
Tending Soul, Mind, and Body: A Review
An excellent collection of essays on the art and science of spiritual formation.
The Beatific Vision: Keeping Theology Theological
Both Catholics and Protestants are wrong when they think the Beatific Vision is just for Catholics.