The topic of this issue has been on a lot of minds lately, and with good reason. God created us in his own image, and he is the Great Artist. And yet, one conclusion I have come to after many of these discussions is that we have confused a very important biblical distinction between creation […]
“But this is my doctrine; …By ladders of rope I learned to climb many a window and with nimble legs I climbed high masts…Not good, neither evil, but my taste, as to which I have neither shame nor concealment. Here lies my way where lies yours? I answered them which inquired of me ‘the way.’ […]
If I were Hindu, a turbulent airplane flight would be enough to make me reconsider my polytheism. To which god would I turn for my deliverance? Kali? Ganesha? Vishnu? I suppose I would be at least thankful that my gods were distinguished by function rather than territory. There would be no announcement that we were […]
We are all Herod. We would-every one of us-snuff out the cries of the Babe in its mother's arms rather than have to hear His words from the cross, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." Forgive us, indeed. We will have none of that. In the time of King Herod, after […]
A major controversy during the time of the Reformation involved the proper use of the arts. Despite the artistic glories of the medieval church, the Reformers believed that art was being misused, that it was obscuring the Gospel behind a haze of aesthetic experience. In some ways, the medieval approach to the arts, as condemned […]
Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered and been tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted […]
Permission to reprint Dorothy L. Sayers “The Greatest Drama Ever Told” (Copyright 1963 from The Whimsical Christian (New York: Collier Books, 1987) has been granted by the Dorothy L. Sayers estate. Official Christianity, of late years, has been having what is known as “a bad press.” We are constantly assured that the churches are empty […]
