Critical Race Theory: Understanding the Real Threat By Eugene R. Schlesinger A bit over a year ago, America watched a man be murdered by the police. George Floyd’s murder was preceded, of course, by the death of Breonna Taylor at the hands of the police, and ... Read More...
Lent is for Making Christians: The Way of Love Can Show Us How By Eugene R. Schlesinger Lent is a fascinating cultural phenomenon. On the one hand, it’s fairly unpleasant. My daughters, for instance, spend Gesimatide lamenting the fast approach (no pun intended) of Ash ... Read More...
Comfort Food Mark 6:30–8:26 By Eugene R. Schlesinger With these verses we approach the mid-point at the Gospel of Mark, where Jesus will ask his disciples, and, by extension, us: “Who do you say that I am?” Mark’s Gospe... Read More...
The Ten Commandments: Timeless, Just Not the Way you Think By Eugene R. Schlesinger The Ten Commandments, recorded in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy, are the centerpiece of the Mosaic legislation, and have long been a major focus of Christian catechesis (alongs... Read More...
In the Midst of Life We are in Death: Eastertide and the Pandemic Here we are in Easter, yet it feels more like an extended Holy Saturday.
“Hell is Other People,” but Heaven Can’t Be: The Good Place’s Unintentionally Augustinian Outcome With its final door, The Good Place proves useful for our journey once more: we cannot stop here, we must journey on.
Mystery of Mysteries By Eugene R. Schlesinger What is man that you should be mindful of him? the son of man that you should seek him out? (Psalm 8:5) There is a wonder in being small and recognizing your smallness. Living ... Read More...
Dialogue among Presbyterians Review: Flawed Church, Faithful God: A Reformed Ecclesiology for the Real World By Joseph D. Small. Eerdmans. Pp. 242. $35 Church in Ordinary Time: A Wisdom Ecclesiology By Amy Plantinga Pauw. Eerdm... Read More...
