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Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost is the great long, English poem. It is a beautiful, penetrating, and challenging look at human nature, the relationship between God, man, and the angels, and the relationship between men and women. John Milton’s poetry evokes the powerful temptation contained in Satan’s rhetoric to make the reader experience the Fall within himself as Adam eats of the fruit. The poem reveals the stark contrast between Satan’s lies and God’s truth. We face God’s hard justice but rejoice in His mercy. We are reminded that in the midst of decay and turmoil there is hope.

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Christmas: Warmth and Light in a Cold and Dark Season

December 19, 2024

Christmas presses nearer as we plunge into the cold and dark days of winter. We look forward to the celebrations with family and friends as we gather to honor Christ’s birth. The glory of God incarnate is amplified in the love we show one another. Most of us hold cherished memories of loved ones around a tree, carols filling the air, festive decorations filling every available surface, and delicio...

By John Case

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Is Cervantes’ Don Quixote a Reflection of Saint Paul?

December 12, 2024

In a work as long as Cervantes’ Don Quixote, it proves difficult to find an overarching theme. Each edition of the novel hovers around 1,000 pages and many of those pages are filled with scenes of what we might call slapstick comedy. At least, that’s how the novel may read without any deeper insight. What is the point of hundreds upon hundreds of pages of Don Quixote’s so-called knight errantry...

By Michael Eller

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A Ghost Story of Christmas

December 5, 2024

With the approach of Christmas we find ourselves preparing for a season of hope, light, and good cheer, and rightly so. The Christmas season is so universally heartwarming that anyone untouched by its magic is labeled a proverbial “Scrooge.” But older traditions surrounding Christmas are tinged with a melancholy that contemporary culture seems, at times, to forget. Consider, for example, the la...

By Veronica Brooks

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