What Scripture Never Tells Us

What Scripture Never Tells Us

The Bible doesn’t tell us much if anything about people’s internal states—their emotions, psychology, motives, and thoughts—except through reporting...

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Understanding the Church Year

Understanding the Church Year

I've written a number of articles and videos about specific holidays and seasons of the church year. In this article I put it all together,...

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What are Demons?

What are Demons?

We frequently think of demons as fallen angels, but the biblical record is more complicated than that. This article surveys the biblical texts...

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A World of Delight

A World of Delight

In thinking about what it means to have a Christian worldview, I long ago realized that we have been living in a world that is...

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The Image of God: Chapter 3

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.

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Celtic Christianity and Nature

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...

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Passover and Holy Week

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...

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Maundy Thursday

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...

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