Truth, Beauty, and Christian Life

Summer Reading Short Reviews...

One of the joys of reading is being able to bounce around and read lots of different things as the fancy takes me. Here, in no particular order, are a few thoughts on a few of the books I’ve read so far...

The Anglican Rosary as a Spiritual Discipline...

Most Christians have heard of the rosary, but relatively few know that using beads as a tool to aid in prayer is an ancient practice that can be found in Anglicanism and Orthodoxy as well as Roman...

Trusting and Taking Risks: A Reflection on J.P. Moreland’s Lecture on “The Spiritual Life”...

Over the past few weeks I’ve been challenged to think more deeply about spiritual growth. At the summer residency for Biola’s graduate Christian Apologetics Program, I attended an outstanding lecture by...

Reading Genesis: Order and Chaos...

How should we read the Bible’s book of Genesis? Most of the time, Christians and non-Christians simply talk past each other on this point. If you are unsure about the existence of God, then claiming divine...

Why Is Atheism Attractive?...

At the heart of atheism is an appealing premise: “My will be done, not Yours.” If atheism is true, and there is no God, then everything really is all about me, and what I want, and what I can get. No...

Experiencing the Trinity in Poetry 3: John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 12...

How do we enter into a relationship with God, or deepen that relationship once it exists? Our answers to that question become richer when we recognize that the God of whom we speak is the most holy Trinity:...

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