Author: Greg Peters

This is the first in a series of postings I am planning on the virtues and vices. Definitions are in order. A good biblical definition of virtue is found in Philippians 4:8: “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent…

Well, we’re a week into Lent and I have already failed at my chosen Lenten discipline — to blog regularly. You see, since becoming an official Middlebrow blogger last August I have managed to post a whopping four or five blogs. My colleagues on this blog can reach that total in a week (or less)!…

Last week I was asked to give a talk in one of the dormitories here on campus entitled “A Theology of Christmas.” Realizing that tired university students likely did not want to hear a three-hour theological discourse in the midst of finals week I thought long and hard about how to talk about Christmas theologically.…

I was living in Dallas, Texas when Sheryl Crow’s “Everyday is a Winding Road” single began making its rounds on the radio. I heard it often because I spent so much time in my car driving from one pool cleaning job to the next. Its a catchy song and one that I still like to…

This semester I have the great opportunity of teaching a whole class dedicated to Augustine’s Confessions. This Christian classic is an amazing example of a literary masterpiece and it is also one of the most theologically dense books that I have ever read. Leading three hours of discussion on each of the individual books of…

Maximus the Confessor (580-662) can be hard to understand and challenging to teach. His literary corpus is extensive and much of it still remains untranslated making it difficult for non-Greek readers to have access to all of Maximus — to the maximum Maximus. Yet, even a little reading of Maximus can yield much fruit. For…

I have attended a number of churches in a number of different states and countries over the years and one thing that they often had in common was a spiritual life simplified into lists. For example, to be a good Christian I was told to (1) attend church each Sunday (morning and evening); (2) to…