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The Image of God: Chapter 3
Since in Genesis 1, the description of humanity focuses entirely on the image of God, it follows that this is the most essential element of what it means to be human. But this in turn has implications well beyond dominion and stewardship. In particular, it provides the only real foundation for human dignity and human rights.
The Irish Church’s Major Innovation
The Irish church's major innovation, measured in terms of its impact on the larger Latin church, was its approach to penitence. Sin in the Early Church To understand what happened, we need to step back and look at how the church had been dealing with sin. For minor...
Trust the Science on Life
The scientific consensus is that life begins at conception, so what’s the problem with banning abortion? The slogan “trust the science” has been used for years to push any number of causes, many of them controversial, from Covid policies to transgender medical...
The Center of Celtic Christianity
A unique feature of Celtic Christianity was the central role of monasteries throughout the “Celtic Fringe”—Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, and of course Ireland. Many of the most important contributions of the Celtic churches, including scholarship, art, and the...
Celtic Christianity and Nature
In the previous post, I noted that scholars have been questioning whether there is such a thing as Celtic Christianity. They point out that there are differences between the churches in different Celtic territories, that people treat our scant sources as pointing to a...
The Papal Conclave
Today the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church begins the conclave to elect a new pope. While the results matter a great deal to Catholics, they also matter for Protestants and the Orthodox. Despite the significant and irreconcilable doctrinal...
In Search of Celtic Christianity
“The term ‘Celtic’ is a magic bag into which anything can be put, and out of which almost anything can come…. Anything is possible in the Celtic twilight which is not so much the twilight of the gods as of reason.” J.R.R. Tolkien Searching for Celtic Christianity The...
Enchantment—Which way: Neo-paganism or Christ? with Glenn Sunshine
Dr. Sunshine joins the hosts of Crosspolitic for a discussion on Enchantment. https://www.youtube.com/live/9eSUKi-Kil0?si=wgHX5vZ7MTiwp8EW
Dr. Sunshine featured on All the Things Show
Signs of a Civilization in Decline || 4/26/2025 || #205 https://www.allthethingsshow.com Dr. Sunshine outlined 5 distinct features of a civilization in decline: Loose sexual mores and loosening restrictions around marriage and sexual values. A belief that society...
Passover and Holy Week
When we compare the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) to the Gospel of John, there seems to be a discrepancy about when exactly Passover occurs during Holy Week: Was it on Thursday or Friday? This video discusses the problem and looks at some of the possible...
Maundy Thursday
When we think about Maundy Thursday and the Last Supper, we quite naturally focus on the institution of the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper. But more things happened there even before Jesus got to Gethsemane. This video takes a look at the bigger picture and the broader...
Palm Sunday
There's a lot more going on in the Triumphal Entry than meets the eye. This video unpacks some of the layers of meaning hidden in the familiar story of Palm Sunday.
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As a Senior Fellow and Columnist, Dr. Sunshine publishes regularly articles on various topics on the Breakpoint website.
The Pugcast is produced by The Logos Center and features C. R. Wiley, Dr. Glenn Sunshine, and Dr. Thomas Price. The Pugcast is recorded at The Corner Pug–a well-known watering hole in tony West Hartford, Connecticut. (Hence the name, “pugcast”–also the reason there is so much background noise.) The show could be described as “3 over-educated Reformed guys riff on philosophy, theology, and stuff that bugs them.” Each episode we invite you to take a seat in our booth and listen in on our conversation.
Aside from the earliest episodes, we are also available on the FLF (Fight, Laugh, Feast) Network at crosspolitic.com.