Stone and Spirit: The Christ at the Core Curriculum — re-posted by request — This 15 min. Youtube video from Matt Milliner at Wheaton College is a thoughtful address to students on the college’s core curriculum. His presentation can help the viewer reflect on the nature and purpose a liberal arts curriculum in Christian higher […]
When the Wise Men Refused to Collaborate With Empire: This brief essay revisits the interesting story of the Three Wise Men and their decision not to comply with Herod, his commands, and his aims. Students can explore the two-kingdoms issues, related Biblical content such as Daniel, and how Christians can respond. See also “Freeing Freedom […]
Government’s ‘Honest Shanghai’ App Raises Privacy Concerns: This 4 min. audio clip describes a new system in Shanghai by which the government grades the behavior of its citizens. Students can asses this program in terms of the two kingdoms, source and norm for righteousness, matters of sovereignty, standards for ethics, morals, and judgment, and possible […]
Christ’ Three-Fold Coming in Music: The Christmas Oratorio’s musical beauty and theological simplicity drive home the power of Christ’s coming in all its forms in order to help bring about the coming of Christ in the hearts of its hearers, while pointing them toward the final coming of Christ at its end.
Bach’s Holy Dread: Scholarship tends to secularize Bach. But the historically informed performance movement helps restore awareness of his firm theological grounding, bringing Bach’s spirituality to the forefront. To what extent does he faithfully transmit Lutheran doctrine? What did he privately believe?
