Recently, some students signed a fake petition to no longer recognize Memorial Day because it glorified “American imperialism.” One student said, “I’m not celebrating. I do not think Memorial Day should be a thing that … Memorial Day: Remembering Our FallenRead more
Author: Bill Isley
“Death Knell: A Review of Dorothy Sayers’ The Nine Tailors”
A badly mutilated body buried in another person’s grave, the theft of an emerald necklace, a cipher, French underclothing, multiple murders and deaths, bigamy, a massive flood, and the mysterious role of Tailor Paul, a … “Death Knell: A Review of Dorothy Sayers’ The Nine Tailors”Read more
Sin, Guilt, Confession, and Redemption: Rereading Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter
I messed up. A few years back, I read all the novels and short stories in the Modern Library edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s writings, except the Scarlet Letter. I had read it as a young … Sin, Guilt, Confession, and Redemption: Rereading Hawthorne’s Scarlet LetterRead more
Beauty and Christian Theology
The famed Swiss theologian Karl Barth once spoke of theology as “the most beautiful of all the sciences”[1] because God, its subject, is beautiful. Theological aesthetics, by which is meant reflection on the nature and … Beauty and Christian TheologyRead more
Truth and Knowledge in the Bible
In the realm of epistemology, the Bible brings a richly multifaceted understanding of truth and knowledge. While most traditional philosophical definitions of truth and knowledge focus on concepts and abstractions, the biblical understanding is broader and … Truth and Knowledge in the BibleRead more
