Churches Without Chests

Christian Education in Seven Books (5) – Cultural Literacy

I would not be surprised by the “Huh?” reaction to a number of books on…

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Christian Education in Seven Books (4) – Poetic Knowledge

The subtitle of James Taylor’s Poetic Knowledge is “The Recovery of Education”. Taylor’s book is…

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Christian Education in Seven Books (3) – How to Read a Book

When I prescribe How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler to my seminary students,…

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Christian Education in Seven Books (2) – Less Than Words Can Say

“For we let our young men and women go out unarmed, in a day when…

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Christian Education in Seven Books (1) – The Abolition of Man

The Abolition of Man is perhaps not a book you’d pick up were you shopping…

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Christian Education in Seven Books (Intro)

The first time the English word education pops up is sometime in the 15th century.…

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The Long Defeat (8) – Conclusion

Tolkien was not a premillennialist, or even an evangelical. But Tolkien’s imaginative oeuvre is nevertheless…

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The Long Defeat (7) – Premillennialism and the Kingdom Before the Kingdom

The diagram above illustrates how the three major schools of eschatology relate to one another.…

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The Long Defeat (6) – Premillennialism and the Glory of Lost Causes

Premillennialism is called pessimistic because it teaches that evil will grow, a great apostasy will…

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The Long Defeat (5) – Premillennialism and Power

In a letter to Milton Waldman, Tolkien explained much of the meaning and purpose of…

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