Jennifer GrishamIn 1919—only a year after World War I—a young atheist named Clive Hamilton published a collection of poems about the material world, the problem of evil, and a longing for who-knows-what. Today, you know Clive Hamilton as C. S. Lewis, and Spirits in...
Todd BishopC.S. Lewis once said, “The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance.” Poetry has the unique power to evoke the vast and varied expanse of human emotion. And the Psalms have it all—from...
Jayson D. Bradley“What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” When church father Tertullian asked this question, it was rhetorical; the answer, to him, was ‘Nothing.’” But that’s not exactly true. To understand the Hellenized Jewish culture Jesus was born into...
Jonathan WatsonIt’s easy to forget that the Bible is a profoundly Jewish book. But a quick glance through the Old Testament reveals elements of Jewish history, poetry, and ancient narrative, all of which can seem incredibly foreign. The Jewish Encyclopedia...