One of the professors who most impacted me over the course of my studies in theology was Daniel Migliore, Professor Emeritus of Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. In fact, we even share a birthday, July 22—though he is my elder by some years. I found
Uncategorized Essays
Completing the Atonement? A Lewisian Experiment in Theology, Memory and Poetry
I tend to think of memories as the decayed remains of past events—the bits and pieces I have managed to salvage and store away, to treasure in the present. But I have no confidence, due to repeated experience, that these bits and pieces are in
A Tough Time to Marry
John Mark Reynolds, 2005. I want to clarify that when I worry about the birth rate in the nation I am not suggesting that the fault is all in this generation. Sometimes those of us who worry about this kind of thing sound like selfish Scrooges
Church Rides at Disneyland
John Mark Reynolds, 2005. Disneyland Rides by Religious Tradition In order to lighten the national mood, or do my part in it, I have decided to do some research on which Disneyland rides should be favored by various Christian religious groups. Following hours of field
God in a Natural Disaster
John Mark Reynolds, 2005. Is a Natural Disaster a Sign of God’s Judgment? This Sunday should the pastors of America thunder out a call for repentance based on the hurricane? If a television evangelist says that the hurricane is “God’s judgment” on somebody, is automatically
Where is God?
John Mark Reynolds, 2005. As is usual at such a time, philosophers get asked, “Where is God?” during the hurricane. Of course most people asking these questions are hurting. Seemingly random and terrible things have happened to them and they want to know why. They
Duty and Love
John Mark Reynolds, 2005. Michael was the younger son. His brother was given the family business since that was the way things were done. The oldest would run the firm while the rest were to contribute. In the early twentieth-century that was already a very
Tolkien and Plato
John Mark Reynolds, 2005. J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the great Christian neo-Platonists of the twentieth century. With C.S. Lewis and A.E. Taylor, Tolkien was part of a revival of this traditional Christian synthesis with the work of the great Athenian. Tolkien’s works in the
Ordinary Time
Father L. Dayton Reynolds, CEC, 2005. July 31 is the last “red” Sunday. We use red as the color for Pentecost. Pentecost Sunday was May 15 and our church has been reminded of the Gift of the Holy Spirit and His Power for over two
The Three Essentials of Education: Part III
John Mark Reynolds, 2005. Read Part I here, and Part II here. Part III — On Books She turned and said with a thoughtful manner, she always had a thoughtful manner, “Books are no longer the literature of our culture. Movies are now way the
Welcome!
John Mark Reynold, 2004. What has happened to American atheism? If internet content is any clue, then this is a movement in serious decline. With an aging set of arguments, it seems to survive mostly on a sense of superiority it gained in the fifties.
Reflections on Delphi
John Mark Reynolds, 2004 I am reading about Delphi and the religious system there. I have been to Delphi, the religious center of the Classical world, twice. Both times my spirit was deeply troubled even as I stood in one of the most staggeringly beautiful