Nov 25, 2014 | Author - Andrew Klager
Editor's note: This chapter of Compassionate Eschatology, edited by Ted Grimsrud and Michael Hardin, is used by permission of Wipf and Stock Publishers. Orthodox Eschatology and St. Gregory of Nyssa’s De vita Moysis: Transfiguration, Cosmic Unity,...
Nov 18, 2014 | Author - Andrew Klager
Fr. Thomas Hopko’s famous 55 maxims contain four that I’ve particularly clung to over the years: “We don’t judge anyone for anything”; “Don’t try to convince anyone of anything”; “Give advice to others only when asked or obligated to do so,” and “Be simple, hidden,...
Nov 13, 2014 | Author - Andrew Klager
In John 3:19-21, Christ overtly identifies the nature of divine judgment: "And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. For all who do evil hate the light and...
Aug 11, 2014 | Author - Andrew Klager
To answer my title right off the bat, I don’t really know. This piece won’t solve anything, but I think I’m in good company in this regard. The following might, however, help us change the way we think to avoid making the situation worse and perhaps move in a more...
Aug 8, 2014 | Author - Andrew Klager
Cartoon by David Hayward There’s been a lot of online chatter about Michael Gungor’s recent admission that he doesn’t believe that everything in the Bible—particularly the OT—should be read literally. Here’s my two cents. I don’t claim that this is in any way original...
Jul 27, 2014 | Author - Andrew Klager
History is important. And I don't think it's just my bias as a historian that compels me to affirm this. The past — history — is, however, little more than a collection of memories, of myths and stories. Everything is in the past. Everything. And...