Too often, Christians who discover melancholy or skepticism occupying a place in their minds are perplexed, troubled, or even ashamed. Knowing Darkness is a frequently provocative apologetic for the b
In the twelfth century, the Chinese Zen master Kakuan Shien produced the pictures, poems, and commentaries we know as the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures. They trace a universally recognizable path of contemp
Christendom altered how we understood Christianity?s relation to the state, how doctrines and creeds were determined, how the sacraments were administered and to whom, how the church?s evangelistic wi
Opens an illuminating window into John’s Gospel Was Jesus ever married? Yes, indeed, says Addison Hodges Hart, who boldly asserts that the church’s tradition has always regarded Jesus as “mar
Blessed are the poor in spirit. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. You cannot serve God and mammon. Judge not, that you be not judged. Though such sayings from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount are very fam
