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  • In the Mail: September 16

    Yesterday in the mail I received the Catholic Bible Dictionary (edited by Scott Hahn), courtesy of Random House and Blogging for Books. While I’m not Roman Catholic (for more on that, check out our Church Search), I have long appreciated the work of Scott Hahn and I’m eager to see what this dictionary has to…

  • Luther and Erasmus: Luther’s Background (P1)

    This post is part of our ongoing series comparing Martin Luther and Erasmus of Rotterdam’s perspectives on scripture, canon, and authority during the Age of Theological Reformations. Martin Luther stands apart as, along with Jesus of Nazareth, one of the most studied figures in the known history of the world. Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses were, if…

  • Luther and Erasmus: Erasmus on Scripture, Canon, and Authority

    This post is part of our ongoing series comparing Martin Luther and Erasmus of Rotterdam’s perspectives on scripture, canon, and authority during the Age of Theological Reformations. Written in 1524 as a response to Martin Luther’s Assertio omnium articulorum, in which Luther wrote that “everything happens by absolute necessity” (Watson, 13), [1] Erasmus’ De Libero…

  • Book Review: Leadership Lessons (Hawkins and Parrott)

    In Leadership Lessons: Avoiding the Pitfalls of King Saul (Thomas Nelson, 2013), Ralph K. Hawkins and Richard Leslie Parrott outline ten principles for leadership building from the life and failures of King Saul of Israel. Leadership Lessons uses the “worst practices” model of instruction, learning through the examination of the failures of others, much in…

  • Recommended Reading: September 6-12

    If you only read one article this week, read America Under Cultural Dhimmitude by Rod Dreher There are lots of other article worth your read as well, broadly categorized below. Hopefully you find them stimulating for your thinking. And as always, if there’s something you think I should be reading, please let me know in…

  • Luther and Erasmus: Erasmus’s Background (P2)

    This post is part of our ongoing series comparing Martin Luther and Erasmus of Rotterdam’s perspectives on scripture, canon, and authority during the Age of Theological Reformations. As the final source for our understanding of Erasmus’ general views on scripture, canon, and authority, we turn to the Enchiridion, the Handbook of the Militant Christian. Immediately…

  • Luther and Erasmus: Erasmus’s Background (P1)

    This post is part of our ongoing series comparing Martin Luther and Erasmus of Rotterdam’s perspectives on scripture, canon, and authority during the Age of Theological Reformations. Erasmus of Rotterdam remains one of the most intriguing figures of late medieval Catholic Christianity with his Classical Humanist thought and New Testament scholarship, his bright wit and…

  • Luther and Erasmus on Scripture, Canon, and Authority

    The history of the Christian tradition can be understood as series of great theological debates determining the trajectory of the doctrines and practices of the Great Church. Since the divide between Jewish and Gentile Christians recorded in the canonical Acts of the Apostles and alluded to by other early Jesus Movement writings, the history of…

  • The Importance of (Liberal) Education

    This article originally appeared at Conciliar Post. Every year in America millions of dollars are spent on “education.”1 We have made K-12 schooling a priority, offered every child the chance at a high school diploma, and, more recently, emphasized the importance of a college degree. Yet despite this commitment of time, energy, and money not…

  • Book Review: Jesus of Nazareth (Ratzinger)

    Part of a three book series on the Historical Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism to the Transfiguration (Image, 2007) begins Joseph Ratzinger’s examination of the life and teaching of the founder of Christianity.† In this book Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) engages the major moments and messages from Jesus’ ministry, combining historical, literary, and…