Augustine called the Sermon on the Mount “a perfect standard of the Christian life.” John Calvin said it “collect[ed] into one place the leading points of the doctrine of Christ, which related to a devout[…]
Author: David Grubbs
Christian Humanist Profiles 111: The Deep Things of God
God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life, Evangelical. You’ve accepted Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, been born again, and washed in the blood! So now make sure that you[…]
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode 217: Robin Hood
Michial Farmer discusses Robin Hood, the medieval texts and three Hollywood versions, with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs.
Christian Humanist Profiles 108: The Mestizo Augustine
Augustine of Hippo was one of the Fathers of Western Christianity, a Doctor of the Church. No theologian was more widely revered in medieval Europe, and his thought continues to be foundational in both the[…]
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode 209: Riddles
Download or stream this episode. David Grubbs talks riddles with Nathan Gilmour and Michial Farmer.
Christian Humanist Profiles 98: Icons in the Western Church
The difference between Eastern and Western traditions of Christianity is made visible by many marks, but none more distinctly than the Eastern icon. Their regular visual style, following ancient and set patterns, pulls against the[…]
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #206: Handel’s Messiah
In our annual Christmas episode, David Grubbs talks about George Frideric Handel’s 1742 oratorio The Messiah, with Nathan Gilmour and Michial Farmer.
Christian Humanist Profiles 92: Biblical Authority after Babel
“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in[…]
Christian Humanist Profiles 91: The Triune God
Everybody’s excited about the Trinity right now. Sure, it’s a venerable, orthodox doctrine, but it’s also a hot topic, and in a broad range of Christian traditions, too. The modern revival of interest has been[…]
Christian Humanist Profiles 89: Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians
For a while now, there’s been in American Evangelicalism a growing sense that not all is well, that we have drifted, that we have lost touch with our world and ourselves. In our time, as[…]