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Foolish Worship
Babylon the great city appears in Revelation as a prostitute, offering her wine of passion to the…
Time, Change, Permanence
Augustine spends a lot of time in various treatises, especially in City of God, Book 12, explaining…
Privation and the City
Augustine famously presented a “privation” view of evil., Evil is not a substance but a privation of…
Cosmic Ark
Psalm 104 celebrates the glories of creation, both the events of the original creation when Yahweh stretched…
Hierarchies, Nature and Use
Augustine argues that certain hierarchies are built into the creation (City of God 11.16). There is, for…
Eternal Gospel
The first angel in Revelation 14 announces what most translations calls an “eternal gospel” (v. 6; Gr.…
Music of God
Music intersects with all theology and all culture. Scripture is full of “data” about music, and possesses…
Tales of Two Social Scientists
First tale: A tenured sociologist at a prominent research university, with a couple of books under his…
First Links—5.22.15
Shining Glimpses of Mercy Julia Mooney, Fare Forward I Believe in Messy Vans Leah Trouwborst, Art House…
By Consent of the Corrupted
David Goldman (“Spengler”) is suitably appalled by the revelations of Peter Schweitzer’s Clinton Cash. But he seen enough of…
Church As Harmony
Paul describes the church as a body animated by the Spirit – one body with many members,…
First Links —5.21.15
Hundred of US Priests ask Synod to Stand Firm on Church Teaching Mary Rezac, CNA Baltimorean Justice…
Blended spaces?
In an article on Revelation 14, David deSilva summarizes recent biblical work that employs a social-rhetorical mode…
Spirit Become Music
Culture is formed by cult. The liturgy is the first form of culture. What happens in the…
Islam in Decline
Raymond William Baker (One Islam, Many Worlds of Muslims) wants to reassure his Western readers. Islam’s resurgence…
