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September 2019

September 17, 2019

The Imagination Recession

Hollywood is disappointed with the summer movie box office. Though there were a few hits,...

September 13, 2019

Veggie Tales Reboot, but with the Gospel This Time

Veggie Tales was a ground-breaker in Christian programming for children, telling Bible stories and lessons...

April 2019

April 21, 2019

He is Risen, Indeed!

Lucas Cranach the Younger, "The Resurrection of Christ," Public Domain,

April 19, 2019

The Pietà and the Love of Christ

Michelangelo's depiction of Mary holding the body of her dead Son, "The Pietà," is one...

April 06, 2019

Happy Cranach Day!

April 6 is the Day of Commemoration in the Lutheran calendar for artists Lucas Cranach...

April 04, 2019

How the Left Can Help You Be Religious

Writer and radio host Dennis Prager has written a hilarious--but also dead serious--essay entitled How the...

March 2019

March 19, 2019

My Article on Art for an Israeli Christian Journal

Those who keep up with me on this blog know that I've been doing...

January 2019

January 09, 2019

How Bach Expressed His Faith Via Instrumental Music

Bach wrote liturgical music and choir cantatas built around hymns and Biblical texts. But he...

October 2018

October 26, 2018

The Chapel of Contemporary Spirituality

When I was in Houston last week, my brother and I also visited the Rothko...

October 23, 2018

A New Anthology of Classic Christian Poetry

When I was teaching, I longed to find a good anthology of classic Christian poetry. ...

July 2018

July 12, 2018

Purging Laura Ingalls Wilder from the Canon

Even though Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) is a female author of true greatness, she is...

May 2018

May 16, 2018

Tom Wolfe, the Literary Scourge of Progressives, Dies

Tom Wolfe, 88, has died. The pioneer of "New Journalism," which uses fictional techniques--an interior point...

April 2018

April 06, 2018

A Close Reading of Leonardo’s “The Last Supper”

One of the most famous religious paintings is Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" (1495-1498). ...

April 04, 2018

Bach and His Bible

Is Bach Lutheran? The question is like, "Is the Pope Catholic?" OK, there may now...

April 01, 2018

Christ Is Risen!

I love this painting of the Resurrection by Lucas Cranach the Younger (the son...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

The First Image of Christ on the Cross: The Staurogram

Just as some liberal Bible scholars have claimed that belief in Christ's divinity "evolved" over...

February 2018

February 13, 2018

The Lutheran artist, Carl Bloch

In looking for an illustration to go with yesterday's post Transfigured, I came across a...

February 01, 2018

Hypocrisy at the Grammys

The Grammy Awards last Sunday, the music industry's award show, featured the by-now familiar litany...

January 2018

January 17, 2018

Google’s Arts & Culture Site

Do you know about Google's Arts & Culture site? It's a rather remarkable virtual treasure...

January 16, 2018

Aristotle on What’s Wrong with Today’s Movies

I finally realized what's wrong with movies today. What Aristotle described as the least important...

January 15, 2018

Visiting Churches When I Was Seven

Was my response an indication that I would eventually leave the bland, liberal mainline Protestantism...

January 12, 2018

“The Church of Tomorrow” Is For Sale

The church had no creeds. You could believe whatever you wanted! Surely that's a formula...

December 2017

December 21, 2017

Luther on Music, Art, & Aesthetic Pleasure

In my previous posts on Mark Mattes’s new book Martin Luther’s Theology of Beauty, we first...

December 07, 2017

The Case of the Gay Wedding Cake

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop, v....

November 2017

November 29, 2017

Luther on Matter, the Senses, & Emotions

In our last post on Mark Mattes's new book Martin Luther's Theology of Beauty, we...

November 24, 2017

A New Cranach Painting Has Also Been Authenticated

Leonardo da Vinci is not the only Renaissance artist to have a new work added...

November 22, 2017

Luther’s Theology of Beauty

During this Reformation quincentenary anniversary, Martin Luther has been credited and blamed for all...

November 20, 2017

How Science & Art Come Together in Da Vinci’s “Savior of the World”

Leonardo da Vinci was not only a great artist. He was also a great scientist--and...

November 16, 2017

The New Da Vinci: “The Savior of the World”

There is a newly discovered and authenticated painting by Leonardo da Vinci, a painting of...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

“God is an artist!”

One highlight of our time on Kangaroo Island: My 8-year-old granddaughter was showing me the...