The Character of Virtue
The first part of a brief consideration of virtue in scripture
Photography: January 1, 2025
A sample of recent photography
The Character of a Prophet’s Speech as Divine Testimony
The unnamed prophet of Joshua 6 recalls the words of Joshua, revealing a need for Israel’s savior
The Scripture’s Account of Gideon: Preliminary Considerations
The narrative of scripture as a bulwark against moralism
Photography: November 1, 2024
A sample of recent photography
Smashing the Kingdom of Jove
Charles Norris Cochrane’s summary of Augustine’s critique: In misapprehending God’s kingdom, man misappropriates power
The Time & Space Between Faith & Love
Acknowledging the rule & power of God in the church by its expressions of love
Awareness & our Earliest and Natural Obligations of Love
The obligations in family predict their display in the church
Photograph: A Tea Garden in Ilam, Nepal
A sample of recent photography
The Dharmaśāstras: The Reordering of the World, One More Time
The emergence of the Hindu Dharmaśāstra texts in India as polemical rhetoric
Redemption: The Purchase of a Postscript
Noting the persistence of God’s will in the nature of redemption
Redemption: Renegotiating the Value of Creation
What Israel’s Exodus tells us about redemption
How Christ’s Toil Made Light Work
The condition of Israel's affliction & redemption from Egypt
Reading the Old Testament by the New (& the New by the Old)
The Christian reads as did the prophets, by the Spirit and in search of Jesus Christ
An Ironic, Apprehensible Summary of a Problem
A brief and well-known excerpt taken from C.S. Lewis’ 1941 sermon, "The Weight of Glory"
A Brief Note on the Jewish Feasts
The formal recognition of the life of men & the presence of God
Moral Awareness: Caught up in the Middle of Things
Moral obligations are discovered in moral experience
When Facts are Crowned with Meaning
A short introduction to the second chapter of Acts
Temptation, Patience & the Gift of God’s Time
Temptation as the ground of triumph
Life’s Rhythms & the Telling of Time
Contemplating affection for eternity in the passing of days