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Tolkien's Most Beautiful Work
Although The Lord of the Rings is my favorite of Tolkien’s works, I think the Ainulindalë may be his most beautiful work. The Ainulindalë...
Jul 28, 20203 min read
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Love Your Enemies
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for...
Jul 27, 20206 min read
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Covid, Christians, & the Civil Magistrate
It is now a little over four months since various lockdowns and quarantines began in the United States in response to the spread of the...
Jul 21, 202019 min read
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The Unseen Realm: My Two Cents
Several weeks ago, Tim Challies mentioned a review of a book by Michael Heiser titled The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural...
Jul 20, 20209 min read
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Lord of the Rings: The Peter Jackson Remix
It has now been almost twenty years since the release of the first film in Peter Jackson’s movie version of The Lord of the Rings. Those...
Jul 17, 20209 min read
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Loving God and Studying Theology
One of the questions I face as a professor of systematic theology at the undergraduate level is whether theology is compatible with a...
Jul 14, 20204 min read
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What Hatred Was Made For
When my students discovered last year that I had never completed The Chronicles of Narnia, there was some consternation. They all know I...
Jul 6, 20205 min read
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So We Lay Down the Pen
So we lay down the pen, So we forbear the building of the rime, And bid our hearts be steel for times and a time Till ends the strife,...
Jul 2, 20202 min read
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The Ghost of Thomas Aquinas
“I ain’t afraid of no ghost!” That was the refrain in the 1984 hit song “Ghostbusters,” which was part of the soundtrack to the comedy...
Jul 1, 20203 min read
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A Social Media Jekyll & Hyde Effect
About a month ago, I decided to permanently delete my Facebook account and reduce my personal "social media presence" (what an odd...
Jun 30, 20204 min read
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