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Accessing the spiritual power of poetry

Accessing the spiritual power of poetry

Christian Wiman gives pointers to those of us who "just don't get it."

CultureJonathanMarch 3, 2015Christian Wiman, Christianity, church, literature, Marilynne Robinson, poetry, prose, seminary, Yale Divinity School, Yale University

Jonathan Edwards and the resurgence of Puritanism

Jonathan Edwards and the resurgence of Puritanism

Can the message of hell and damnation awaken the modern masses?

CultureJonathanFebruary 17, 2015Calvinism, church history, Douglas Sweeney, evangelicalism, George Marsden, Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards, Logos Bible Software, Ministry, New calvinism, Preaching, Puritan, sermons, theology, Yale Divinity School

Religious extremists like ISIS carve bloody path through history

Religious extremists like ISIS carve bloody path through history

"America was founded by folks who thought like this," the Yale professor says.

CultureJonathanFebruary 17, 2015Boko Haram, Christianity, Egypt, ethics, extremism, God, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamist, Jesus Christ, Jonathan Merritt, justice, media, Miroslav Volf, Muslims, news, Nigeria, peace, reporting, terrorism, theology, Trinity, violence, War, Yale Divinity School