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First Links — 10.6.15
The Sympathy of the Puritans Bria Sandford, Fare Forward Why Palmyra Should Matter to the West Daniel…
Go To Church, Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber famously got his start in the music industry at the age of thirteen after being…
The Ecumenism of the Anti-Ecumenical
Neil Young’s forthcoming We Gather Together is a pre-history of the Religious Right. It is also a history…
The Self-Contradictions of Sam Harris
In his TLS review of Sam Harris’s Waking Up, John Cottingham summarizes Harris’s worldview: “a reality where there…
Structure and Meaning in Revelation 16
Revelation 16:12-16 is a chiasm, and recognizing that fact will illuminate the contents of the passage. A.…
Weird Lessons from Macbeth
Justin Kurzel’s new film adaptation of Macbeth benefits from gorgeous cinematography and a highly effective—even overpowering—soundtrack. The…
First Links —10.5.15
Humane Criminal Justice is Not Hopeless Robert J. Smith, Slate Sherry Turkle’s ‘Reclaiming Conversation’ Jonathan Franzen, New…
Strangers and Aliens
There were Gentiles living in the land that were not part of Israel. They did not necessarily…
The Era of Christian Expansion
Protestants look back longingly to the Reformation as one of the great periods of church history, and…
The One
Peter Adamson (Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds) claims that “A good case can be made…
Throne of the Beast
The fifth angel pours out his bowl on the “throne of the beast” (Revelation 16:10-110). There are…
What a Divorced and Remarried Catholic Wants from the Synod
Regina Einig interviewed Luma Simms, author of My Plea, for the German newspaper Die Tagespost, in which a…
Pope Francis’s Meeting with Kim Davis
What does it mean that the pope met with Kim Davis? Not much, and yet so much.…
First Links — 10.2.15
St Therese of Child Jesus: The Youngest Doctor of the Church Staff, Navhind Times It’s Time for…
Mother in Israel
Deborah is the only female judge, and the only judge who does anything close to what we…
