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Joey Royal

This Great Universe

We’re going to look at Psalm 148 this morning. The last few Psalms are like a climax to the entire collection. At the end,...

Changing the Subject

Have you ever noticed how Jesus changes the subject? If you read through the Gospels, it won’t take you long to see that Jesus...

A Contract with God: Will Eisner’s Lament

By Joey Royal Will Eisner, who died in 2005 at the age of 87, was an influential cartoonist and comic book writer. Of his many...

The Confessions of Mark Heard

By Joey Royal  Mark Heard, who died in 1992, was one of the truly great American songwriters. He spent much of his career on the...

Flashback Friday: Avoiding Burnout in Ministry

The pandemic has taken a toll on us, not least pastors, who tend to be harried anyway. This essay from the archives speaks to...

On Being Other-Worldly

By Joey Royal In 430, as the elderly Augustine lay dying, Vandals were sieging his North African city of Hippo. He spent those final days...

Augustinian Thoughts on the Bible and Humility

By Joey Royal Augustine of Hippo, teacher of rhetoric, admirer of Cicero, initially found the Bible crude and unsophisticated. He found both the form and...

On Viruses and Judgment

By Joey Royal Given how much attention the Scriptures give to divine judgment, it’s remarkable how little attention we give it. The creed tells us...

Justice, Mercy and The Irishman

The world of The Irishman is a deeply moral one, with a strong sense of retribution and justice, but without much hope of reconciliation or redemption for its central characters.

He Gives to His Beloved Sleep

I’ve been reflecting on the phenomenon of sleep, and in particular on how the Bible’s description of sleep can illuminate our understanding of what it means to be a creature of God.