Foxes and Fossils are a very fine cover band from the Atlanta area, and there calling card is fantastic harmony vocals, both men and young ladies. While I like the Todd Rundgren original, I actually prefer the superb vocals in this cover. This of course could easily be a gospel song, especially the chorus. In any case I full agree with the message of this song. I think it would make Jesus smile…… Long may this group do the classic... Read more
There have been many great jazz pianists in my life time, but when it comes to pure improvisation that is often profoundly melodic and moving, Keith Jarrett has few if any peers. Yes I know when he performs live sometimes his soul is so moved by the music that he leaks sounds and reactions, sometimes almost singing along. You just have to accept it as part of the effect the music has as it comes out of Keith. Yes, he... Read more
One of the main things that stands out about the early church fathers was how concerned they were to make sure they used the Bible so it would be a word on target for their own audiences. But very often, these audiences lived in very different contexts to that of the original recipients of the NT documents and had different needs and interests. There was always a danger to assume that an application or significance of the text for a... Read more
(This study appeared early in 2025, from Eerdmans Pub. Co,) There are few scholars more knowledgable about how the early church fathers interpreted the BIble than Brian Daley. Daley however is not just interested in conveying this knowledge, he is in fact advocating for the early fathers’ hermeneutical approach to the text, and he is quite critical of historical critical study of the Bible. What strikes me the most about his critique is that it only actually applies to the... Read more
IMITATIO CHRISTI (in memoriam—Thomas A Kempis May 1, 1471) The cruciform life to which we are called In the crucible of life we give you our all Shaped and sharpened Enlightened and lead In the footsteps of Him Who rose from the dead. By dying to sin and living anew We boldly embody Immanuel who— Through his grace has brought us, With his word has taught us, By his blood has bought us, — Lord Jesus Christ. ... Read more
CRACKS IN THE WALL Cracks in the wall, There by design, Prayers on plain paper One of them mine Rabbis are chanting, Torah held high, Sunlight is fading, In the blue sky. Guards are watching, Passing the time, Nodding acquaintance With the sublime. Herod’s temple, All that remains Limestone platform, Withstands the strain, Mosque’s gold dome Shines in the light, Whose God is honored By what’s in sight? Prayers of the righteous Meant to be heard, But the... Read more
RSVP To move from fast to feast, From ashes to riding an ass, From wilderness wandering God’s willingness wondering To follow the way of the cross To find what was utterly lost All this was Lent to us. The cup not passed over By our Passover The vinegar he willingly drank— But through gift divine New covenant wine Came forth from his side as he sank All this was given to us Through breaking of bread They... Read more
SHADE TREE A tree always a tree, That shadows forth his shade to me. The tree of Eden long before Tempting those who longed for more Knowledge, power, experience, But lacking trust, lacking sense. A tree, always a tree That shadows forth his shade to me. The burning bush Could Moses see More than curiosity Ablaze with all infinity. A tree always a tree That shadows forth his shade to me. That... Read more
By now you will perhaps have noticed that on the cover of this book are little cameos of the large painting of Raphael of the School of Athens, which is of course totally appropriate considering the content of this book. As Bray says at the outset of his final chapter, theology, unlike philosophy is dependent on divine revelation and is an interpretation of that, even if the subject is natural theology. (p. 329). Philosophy is indeed different from that as... Read more
The Latin phrase ‘ars longa, vita brevis’– art is long but life is short is a maxim that especially came true during the Renaissance when artists such as Raphael, Michelangelo, and Da Vinci, all of whom professed to be Christians, began to offer art that emphasized the full humanity of their subjects (cf. e.g. Michelangelo’s David). The Renaissance had arrived and with it various Greek scholars who had moved from a dying Byzantium to Rome and elsewhere in Italy. And... Read more
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