Migliore on Charitable Theology

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

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