The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #89: Flannery O'Connor
General Introduction – This time David’s sick – Advising time – Old English – Listener feedback Who Was Flannery O’Connor? – Contemporary popularity – Iowa Writer’s Workshop – Christian theology…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #88: Sermons
The Big Howdy – Pronouncing city names – Nathan has (almost) recovered – Listener feedback – Facebook etiquette What Is Preaching? – The kerygma – Proclamation of an act of…
We've got to win the Great War!
Otherwise, why would we still be doing Daylight Saving Time, right?
Review of "Why Be a Christian" for SpeakEasy Bloggers
Why Be a Christian (if No One Goes to Hell)? By Daniel Meeter 153 pp. Shook Foil. $9.99. Ebook only. Meeter’s was not the first ebook I’ve ever read, but…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #87: Death
General Introduction – Nathan’s snottier than usual – David goes back to bed – Listener feedback Death in the Bible – A Psalm of Moses – Daniel speaks out –…
Heidegger for Christian Thinkers 4: History and Temporality
Temporality Some people, I realize, think that philosophy is an insidious pastime that makes muddy what was perfectly clear before. I happen to be one of those people who thinks…
Heidegger for Christian Thinkers 3: Death and Resoluteness
Being Towards Death Although Heidegger seldom if ever mentions Thomas Aquinas in Being and Time, the opening section often brings to mind Thomas’s doctrine of analogy and the philosophical problems that…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #86: Chess
General Introduction – Facebook official – No listener feedback—so write us! – The Christian Dilettante Podcast Our Own Experience With Chess – Michial’s great victory – David’s Duplo set –…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #85: The Federalist Papers, Vol. 3
General Introduction – Manageable outcomes assessment – Midterm grades vs. Fall Break – Listener feedback – Teaching rhetoric at Christian colleges The Controversy Over the President – What the Anti-Federalists…
There's No Such Thing as Clean Hands, and It's a Good Thing, Too
I’m not sure why I’m so slow to leave things, and further I’m not at all convinced that the tendency derives from any particular moral strength. I am convinced that…
Heidegger for Christian Thinkers 2: Morality, Truth, and New Ways to Think about Both
Just to remind folks, I published these essays at another site several years ago, but I figured that rewriting the poorly-written passages and reposting them here might be of some…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #84: The Federalist Papers, Part Two
General Introduction – Midterm grades – Grubbs is alone again, naturally – Listener feedback – On clip shows and soundclips The Legislative Branch – Elected by the people and by…
The Eye of the Needle: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 14 October 2012
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 14 October 2012 (20th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B) Job 23:1-9, 16-17 and Psalm 22:1-15 • Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 and Psalm 90:12-17 • Hebrews 4:12-16 • Mark 10:17-31 Seminary taught me many things…
Heidegger for Christian Thinkers 1: Being and Time and Living in the World
Three years ago, give or take, in the days before we had launched this blog or started the podcast, I published a series of essays on Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #83: The Federalist Papers, Part One
General Introduction – David squares the circle – The chatter continues on the blog – Email, Facebook, or nothing at all What Is a Federalist, Anyway? – The Articles of…