Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen. BCP Read more

John Frame is Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy Emeritus at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is the author of many books. His recent, A History of Western Philosophy and Theology, frames this interview. https://www.amazon.com/History-Western-Philosophy-Theology/dp/162995084X The following interview was conducted by David George Moore. Dave’s work can be found at www.mooreengaging.com and www.twocities.org. Moore: You have covered some of this terrain in other books. What was the impetus that made you want to cover the entire sweep of Western philosophy and... Read more

The original St Nicholas… has he been found? In Turkey. Children look away now! For Turkish archaeologists believe they have found the tomb of the original Santa Claus, otherwise known as Saint Nicholas. An intact tomb has been found underneath Saint Nicholas Church, in the Demre district of Turkey’s south-west province of Antalya. Demre was built on the ruins of Myra, where St Nicholas was thought to have lived in the 4th Century. Until now, the bones of St Nicholas... Read more

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All That Glitters No one is paying attention anymore. Just ask anyone. Parents will tell you they can’t get their children to pay attention any more because their kids are always on their cell phones. Husbands will tell you their wives are on social media too much and wives will tell you their husbands are always tracking their fantasy leagues on phones. Professors say they can’t get students to pay attention. Executives are worried their employees are wasting too much... Read more

From RD: In his new book, Choosing Donald Trump: God, Anger, Hope, and Why Christian Conservatives Supported Him, Stephen Mansfield seeks to answer that question. By contextualizing the 2016 race, briefly recounting Trump’s religious biography, and exploring the mindset of the “Values Voters” who turned out en masse, Mansfield works to make their choice intelligible. RD’s Eric C. Miller spoke with him about the lessons learned. Just over a year ago, 81 percent of white, evangelical Christian voters supported a presidential candidate who could be... Read more

The Rev. Dr. Polkinghorne  has written a number of short books thinking through the relationship between Science and Christian faith. Theology in the Context of Science is one of these. This is a rather academic book – but the kind of book that someone who wants to move beyond the culture war issues of young earth, old earth, and evolution should find useful. The premise of this book is that science and theology are in a very real sense complementary.... Read more

From National Review, and George Weigel is right: Which is all the more reason to lament that its opening has coincided with a display of gross Biblical ignorance — and, if I may say, hypocrisy — by putatively Bible-reverencing people supporting the egregious Roy Moore, Republican candidate for a U.S. Senate seat from Alabama. Judge Moore has made a career of his defense of the Ten Commandments. Yet his most perfervid partisans seem to imagine it the work of Satan... Read more

David Ayres is the Associate Minister at Golf Course Road Church of Christ in Midland, Texas. David and his wife, Kristen, have been married 9 years and have three children: Ava (8), Jacob (5), and Matthew (9 months). The Spirituality of Advent #1 Are You Ready? This week marks the beginning of Advent, the season when the Church hits the “replay” button on our defining narrative. Despite centuries of re-telling, it’s a story that never loses the sharp edge of... Read more