Erotic Prayer
No, not sex. Erōs is one of the ancient Greek terms for love, from which we derive our word ‘eroticism’ and in philosophic circles it signified love that was ecstastic...
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Facing Apathy: Spiritual Practices and Cultivating Desire for God
I am TA-ing for a course this fall on the Inklings with Dr. Ralph Wood. Earlier this week, while discussing G.K. Chesterton’s The Ball and the Cross, Wood said that the...
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In Truth and Love?
What do we do when others sin? This has been, we learn from the letters of Paul, a question that has faced Christians since Jesus walked the earth. When and how do we...
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The Incoherence of Evil
The world we live in is filled with wickedness and suffering. From the eons of death in our evolutionary history, to acts of war and violence in the world today,...
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A Response to “Women Against Feminism”
Note: This article is being re-shared in light of Peter Leithart’s recent claim that “Feminism is gender Arianism” in his April 8, 2015 First Things...
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The Doctrine of Theosis: a Case for Divine Melancholy
For either He will change me and make me imperishable,or the Imperishable will be changed to corruption. And thusit is possible that I would not know that He has...
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