
Category: Articles
Jack's Heavenly GPS
October 13th, 2008
I learned from speaking in Ft Collins, CO, last week that people have a hunger for heaven. They may not know that–and perhaps call it something else. But just as Jack suggested in his sermon, “The Weight of Glory,” people cannot quite be educated out of their deep longing for the real, the permanent, and […]
Walker Percy: An American Apologist
October 13th, 2008
Born: Birmingham, Alabama, May 28, 1916. Died: Covington, Louisiana, May 10, 1990. Principal Works NOVELS: The Moviegoer, 1961; The Last Gentleman, 1966; Love in the Ruins, 1971; Lancelot, 1977; The Second Coming, 1980; The Thanatos Syndrome, 1987. ESSAYS: The Message in the Bottle, 1975; Lost in the Cosmos, 1983; Signposts in a Strange Land, 1991. Walker Percy is […]
Heaven-scent
September 22nd, 2008
Welcome, those of you interested in kind of following along next week for my weekend seminar in Ft. Collins, CO, here is a (tantalizingly cryptic) outline for the four sessions I will be doing with the kind help of David Guyor, Colorado Christian University and Brent Cunningham, Timebrline Church. Hope you can do it in […]
Thinking Christianly About Fiction
July 15th, 2008
Copyright 2008 by Bruce L. Edwards. (Click here for Permissions information) The genre of fiction, by modern reckoning, consists of invented stories of various lengths that depict the actions and monitor the thoughts of imaginary characters in their engagement with the conflicts and circumstances that ensue. Novels, tales, vignettes, novellas, short stories, are among the […]
That's Why They Call it "Fiction"
July 15th, 2008
Copyright 2008 by Bruce L. Edwards. (Click here for Permissions information) The genre of fiction, by modern reckoning, consists of invented stories of various lengths that depict the actions and monitor the thoughts of imaginary characters in their engagement with the conflicts and circumstances that ensue. Novels, tales, vignettes, novellas, short stories, are among the […]
Resurrecting Old Myths
July 7th, 2008
In light of the “new” controversy over the “recent” discovery of references to the resurrection in Dead Sea Scroll materials, keep in mind: In the New Testament, the thing really happens. The Dying God really appears—as a historical Person, living in a definite place and time. . . . The old myth of the Dying […]
Resurrecting Old Myths
July 7th, 2008
In light of the “new” controversy over the “recent” discovery of references to the resurrection in Dead Sea Scroll materials, keep in mind: In the New Testament, the thing really happens. The Dying God really appears—as a historical Person, living in a definite place and time. . . . The old myth of the Dying […]
Thinking Christianly Re: Auto/biography
July 5th, 2008
Copyright 2008 by Bruce L. Edwards. (Click here for Permissions information) The genres of biography and autobiography refer, literally, to writing (“graphing”) a life (“bio”), one’s own or someone else’s. In the West, they are regarded as fact-driven works created to capture and preserve the life—and usually the times—of notable individuals. Biographies are presumed to […]
Thinking Christianly About Auto/biography
July 5th, 2008
Copyright 2008 by Bruce L. Edwards. (Click here for Permissions information) The genres of biography and autobiography refer, literally, to writing (“graphing”) a life (“bio”), one’s own or someone else’s. In the West, they are regarded as fact-driven works created to capture and preserve the life—and usually the times—of notable individuals. Biographies are presumed to […]
Belief & Unbelief: A Reappraisal
July 3rd, 2008
Ten Maxims for Reflection and DebateDr. Bruce L. Edwards SKEPTICISM is always easier than belief, for skepticism commits one to nothing in particular, and removes accountability. The believer by contrast must live up to her principles and face the possibility of being wrong or hypocritical. And doleful public scrutiny. All the skeptic has to do […]
