by Glenn Sunshine | Jun 19, 2026 | Culture, Featured, Medieval Studies, Myth
A few months ago, Malcolm Guite published Galahad and the Grail, the first volume of a four volume epic poem on King Arthur. The poem is a tour de force, and the illustrations by my friend Stephen Crotts are a wonderful enhancement to the book. Add to that the high...
by Glenn Sunshine | May 25, 2026 | Bible & Theology, Church Year, Discipleship, Featured
This is a sermon I gave last night at Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church in Granger, Indiana. It was Pentecost, and although the Presbyterians generally don’t pay a lot of attention to the church year, I thought it would be appropriate to preach on...
by Glenn Sunshine | Apr 29, 2026 | Culture & Society, Featured, History, Magic, Medieval Studies, Science
I think it’s fair to say that most people think that science banished magic as an explanation for how the world works. But what if they aren’t so very different from each other? It turns out that there’s a category in medieval and Renaissance magic that is...
by Glenn Sunshine | Apr 22, 2026 | Bible & Theology, Featured
Last Fall, I wrote an article on the Nephilim in which I argued that exegetically, Genesis presents them as angelic-human hybrids. There are some obvious issues with this interpretation, but in the article I showed that they were not insurmountable. Recently, I found...
by Glenn Sunshine | Apr 15, 2026 | Church History, Culture & Society, Featured, History
Was “religion” a product of Christianity? It’s an odd question, but scholars of religion argue that it is. So that raises questions: Why do they say that? Does this definition of religion make sense in non-Christian contexts, such as Islam? Is...
