“Testing the Spirit” – Lazar Puhalo
I’m your neighbor – anonymous
I’m your neighbor, the boy next door, the guy around the corner, the dude down the street. From the outside, I might look unapproachable- like those guys on FOX news. But, on the inside, I’m a lot like you. I have fears. I have...
Response to Larry Dixon’s “Farewell, Rob Bell” by Wayne Northey
This response to his latest book, Farewell, Rob Bell, is an invitation to renew our dialogue. Perhaps Larry would also be open to discussion around Kevin Miller’s upcoming documentary, Hellbound?
To Hell or Not to Hell – Ron Dart (with Kevin Miller and Archbishop Lazar Puhalo)
Thomas Talbott. Universal Salvation? The Current Debate. Ed. by Robin Parry & Christopher Partridge. Foreword by Gabriel Fackre. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003 In this work evangelicals are talking to one another about the controverted question...
Review of Ron Dart and Brad Jersak’s ‘George P. Grant: Canada’s Lone Wolf’ by Robert Martens
What is liberalism, and what conservatism? Over time, these terms have degenerated into clichés useful mainly for mudslinging and fingerpointing. George Grant, in his brief and enigmatic Lament for a Nation, articulated a vision of what “liberal” and “conservative” essentially mean.
Manhood Is Not Brutality — by Brian Zahnd
Rage—Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles,murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses,hurling down to the House of the Death so many sturdy souls,great fighters’ souls, but made their bodies carrion,feasts for the dogs and birds,and the will...
Compassionate Eschatology: The Future as Friend (eds. Tim Grimsrud and Michael Hardin). Review by Brad Jersak
Compassionate Eschatology is a collection of diverse scholarly essays exploring the relationship of eschatology (‘end times’ theology) and Christ’s teaching on peace and reconciliation.
Deuterocanonical Authority: The Real Authority by Ron Dart
Many within the reformed and evangelical traditions hold high the authority of the Bible, and such a tribe assents to the position that the Bible is the inspired, infallible and errant word of God. Those who uncritically accept such a position often fail to see that...
The Distant Wind by Sheila Murray-Nellis
The Distant Wind It's because of the flatness all about, beyond these green hills that bulge up along the thrashing river, It's because of the distant flatness and the way the wild wind whips past that brings this hissing in the trees, ...
John Van Vloten’s ‘The Unlikely Alchemist’ — Review by Brad Jersak
Nearly two decades in the works, John Van Vloten’s The Unlikely Alchemist has finally hit bookshelves. In short, this is a very well written piece of children’s fantasy literature. Readers who watch for quality work in the genre of Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and...
Excerpt – “Christ the Conqueror of Hell” — by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)
"As the last stage in the divine descent (katabasis) and self-emptying (kenosis), the descent of Christ into Hades became at the same time the starting point of the ascent of humanity towards deification (theosis). Since this descent, the path to paradise is...