First the Bible was read from long, continuous hand-written scrolls, one for each book. Then pages were invented, and the new book-form of the codex made it possible for the still hand-copied and illuminated texts to be bound together in large volumes while making it
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is iconic for lots of reasons. Modernism began, according to Tom Oden, when the French revolutionaries in 1789 stripped the cathedral of its religious art and turned it into the “Temple of Reason” by installing in the bishop’s chair a
Lucas Cranach the Younger, “The Resurrection of Christ,” Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=461782
Michelangelo’s depiction of Mary holding the body of her dead Son, “The Pietà,” is one of the world’s greatest works of art. I just read an essay by a woman who told how it was instrumental in her conversion to Christianity. So I thought it
On this Maundy Thursday, when Christ instituted the Sacrament of His Body and Blood, it’s good to reflect on the significance of that gift. Different theologies, of course, think of Holy Communion differently, but there would surely be a consensus that the sacraments work against
Missionary Nik Ripken has written a moving account of Christians undergoing persecution in Muslim lands, drawing mainly from his experiences and inside contacts in Somalia. The definitive act that sets apart Christians from Muslims and that invites persecution, he explains, is baptism. From Nik Ripken, Baptism:
In Great Britain, the LGBT+ ideology has free rein. When a special curriculum promoting that ideology was implemented in Birmingham’s public schools, conservative Christians didn’t like it, but that carried no weight. Because of its teachings on transgenderism–that men must be accepted as women if
The events commemorated in Holy Week, which began yesterday, are not just ancient history. We need to take them personally because, by virtue of our baptism and faith in Christ, we are connected to those events. The words of the old spiritual ask, “Were you
Did you know that our military has the capability of shooting down artillery shells? Even small, close-distance mortar shells? This staggering technology has been used in Iraq and Afghanistan, saving countless lives. This also represents a new phase in military history, with its constant pattern
We used to think that science is reductionistic, that once we have a “scientific” explanation we now understand it, the mystery is banished, it’s no longer a big deal, and we can move on. But now science has come so far that the more we
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