Posts Tagged ‘Christ’
Pull Question: Paradise Regained
How does Milton redefine the concept of a Homeric hero?
A Homeric hero: courageous, daring, angry, charming, strong, manly, passionate, commanding, skilled in oration, alluring.
This is Satan in Milton’s masterful prequel, Paradise Lost. Although we watch the Devil’s extraordinary fall from heaven...
May 1st, 2013 | Pull Questions | Read More
On being Protestant and thinking about the Sacraments (Part 3)
This is a third part in a series. Don’t miss Part 1 and Part 2 (This post will stand alone, but does draw heavily on the previous two).
As I’ve been thinking through Communion and Baptism, I considered the possibility that any action done by a believer in service of someone else is a sacrament. My...
April 26th, 2013 | Protestant, Religion | Read More
On being Protestant and thinking about the Sacraments (Part 2)
Part one of this series can be found here.
I was baptized twice. I cringe when I think about it. In brief, I was baptized when I was 8, because it was a public declaration of my decision to follow Jesus 3-4 years before. I was re-baptized at 18 because I had “made my faith my own” and I...
April 25th, 2013 | Protestant, Religion | Read More
On being Protestant and thinking about the Sacraments (Part 1)
A Note from the Editor: This is the first in a three-part series on the Sacraments from a distinctly Protestant perspective. Today we’ll cover communion, tomorrow we’ll cover baptism, and Friday we’ll cover the possibility of the Church itself functioning as a Sacrament.
Recently I’ve...
April 24th, 2013 | Protestant, Religion | Read More
The Forgotten Gift of the Dove Real Beauty Video
You’ve probably seen the Dove Real Beauty Sketches Youtube video. Last week, it generated a lot of responses, from the informative to the satirical, both pro and con. Surprisingly, no one I read mentioned the feature of the video toward which I gravitated most strongly.
While everyone else watched...
April 22nd, 2013 | Culture, Media, Television | Read More
A Rewording
“I like Christ, it’s Christians I can’t stand.”
This cliché has bounced around for years. Various forms can be heard in casual conversation and heated debates, in parishes and on bar stools. The accepted rumor is that it was initially said by Gandhi, which is understandable given 100-some years...
April 8th, 2013 | Church, Religion | Read More
Giving Up: The Significance of Sacrifice
I’ve been contemplating a new life motto:
“I give up.”
Not in a self-loathing or self-pitying way; not to say I don’t believe in my value or abilities (to an extent).
But in a relational way; a spiritual way; even, considering certain types of fasting, a physical way.
My new motto...
April 4th, 2013 | Religion | Read More
Repentance Songs and Easter
As many Christians in the world celebrated Easter this week, I think of the long, self-reflective days of Lent drawing to their exciting fulfillment. In my church, Lent is a period of intentional reflection and repentant prayer, hemmed together with the hope of forgiveness and deliverance from those...
April 2nd, 2013 | Holidays, Religion | Read More
Consider the Birds of the Air
Consider the birds of the air. Specifically, consider the sparrow. A person can learn as much from a bird such as this as they can from any other element of Creation. Maybe that’s why Jesus drew the eyes of the people to the birds of the air—he knew they were some of the best teachers, and they spoke...
March 28th, 2013 | Religion, The Gospel | Read More
Oz, Womanizing, and the “Flirt to Convert” Impulse
Spoiler Alert: This post is full of plot and character details from Oz the Great and Powerful.
As I’m about to critically examine one aspect of this movie, I want to be clear – I really enjoyed Oz the Great and Powerful. I didn’t regret spending $11.50 to see it, I plan on buying the...
March 11th, 2013 | Film | Read More
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