I am a fan of literature and film that can be classified as gothic, a genre that encompasses stories of the supernatural, places inhabited by ghosts, demonic and angelic spirits, with dark, dangerous, and frightening … Gothic Redemption: A Review of Russell Kirk’s Watchers at the Strait GateRead more
No one has said, or at least should have said, that aging is easy.
The interpretation of the 1961 movie, Splendor in the Grass, as an outright condemnation of the repressive sexual mores of 1920’s small-town America is simplistic. The film presents a nuanced view of sexual passion … The God that Failed: A Meditation on Sexual Passion in Splendor in the GrassRead more
One of the challenges of a Christian aesthetic or theology of beauty is the cross of Christ. Hymns, paintings and sculptures have its beauty as their subject. Crosses are some of the most beautiful … Is the Cross Beautiful?Read more
God’s word is meant to rebuke and correct (2 Timothy 3:16). It is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword and can lay bare our sinful thoughts and intentions (Hebrews 4:12-13). Nevertheless, I … The Scalpel of God’s Tender MerciesRead more
