Churches Without Chests

Christian Education in Seven Books (5) – Cultural Literacy
David de Bruyn
September 19, 2022
I would not be surprised by the “Huh?” reaction to a number of books on…

Christian Education in Seven Books (4) – Poetic Knowledge
David de Bruyn
September 12, 2022
The subtitle of James Taylor’s Poetic Knowledge is “The Recovery of Education”. Taylor’s book is…
Christian Education in Seven Books (3) – How to Read a Book
David de Bruyn
September 6, 2022
When I prescribe How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler to my seminary students,…

Christian Education in Seven Books (2) – Less Than Words Can Say
David de Bruyn
August 29, 2022
“For we let our young men and women go out unarmed, in a day when…
Christian Education in Seven Books (1) – The Abolition of Man
David de Bruyn
August 22, 2022
The Abolition of Man is perhaps not a book you’d pick up were you shopping…
Christian Education in Seven Books (Intro)
David de Bruyn
August 12, 2022
The first time the English word education pops up is sometime in the 15th century.…
The Long Defeat (8) – Conclusion
David de Bruyn
July 26, 2022
Tolkien was not a premillennialist, or even an evangelical. But Tolkien’s imaginative oeuvre is nevertheless…
The Long Defeat (7) – Premillennialism and the Kingdom Before the Kingdom
David de Bruyn
July 18, 2022
The diagram above illustrates how the three major schools of eschatology relate to one another.…
The Long Defeat (6) – Premillennialism and the Glory of Lost Causes
David de Bruyn
July 12, 2022
Premillennialism is called pessimistic because it teaches that evil will grow, a great apostasy will…
The Long Defeat (5) – Premillennialism and Power
David de Bruyn
July 5, 2022
In a letter to Milton Waldman, Tolkien explained much of the meaning and purpose of…
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