The shadows of the garden: Maundy Thursday 2021
Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I …
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Spectral Authority: the Presence of Shakespeare in Biblical Scholarship
The journal Christianity and Literature has just published an article by me, entitled “Spectral Authority: The Presence of Shakespeare in …
How do you read the Bible?
Some recent discussions online about how we read the Bible made me remember a question a friend asked me a …
Murder and Motive: A Sermon on the Death of John the Baptist
I expect you’re wondering why I called you all here this evening. Sorry, this morning. We’re assembled here in the …
J.R.R. Tolkien and the Eagles’ Wings: Middle Earth and the Bible
So why didn’t they just ask the eagles? This is a question about The Lord of the Rings I’ve heard …
Pointing and Performing – Rhetorics of the Bible in church
In previous posts I’ve thought about the ways in which Farah Mendlsohn’s work on fantasy fiction might be useful for …
Writing the Gospels: Composition and Memory, by Eric Eve
Eric Eve’s Writing the Gospels: Composition and Memory is a meticulous and persuasive investigation of the role memory may have …
Love in a time of argument: Mary, Martha, Lazarus and Jesus
Today the Church remembers Mary, Martha and Lazarus, companions and friends of Jesus. The Anglican collect this morning reminds those …
Adam and Steve Created He Them: Thoughts on Gender, Sexuality and Genesis 1
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created …
Fickle Markets and Shrines of Law
He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. 15Then it can be used as fuel. Part of it he …
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