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...
by Glenn Sunshine | Apr 8, 2026 | Book Reviews, Discipleship, Enchantment, Myth
Dr. Martin Shaw is a mythographer and storyteller. He has a deep understanding of folktales, fairytales, myths, and legends from around the world and is a sure guide to the wisdom hidden in the stories. Liturgies of the Wild is his most recent book. It is a unique and...
