8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9“All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
10Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and […]

Andrew Sullivan of the Daily Dish posted this response to a statement that Jesus would vote Libertarian.
Sorry: not buying it. Jesus has no politics. He has a message of individual salvation. No political system is necessary for it; none can ultimately prevent it.
First of all, the Jesus of the Bible hardly has anything to say […]

Leithart refers to an obscure article from 1927 that deals with the Beatitudes in the context of Assyrian, Babylonian, and Hebrew ideals of kingship. This fits, as Jesus preached the “kingdom of heaven” and the early Christians saw Jesus as the true Lord and King of the world.
One common thread throughout those ancient ideals […]

I’m going through my very first reading of The Confessions of St. Augustine, and as the title suggests, I’ll be adding my reflections as I go through. (I thought about calling it “Confessions Considerations” but I don’t think the alliteration was as catchy as the rhyme. Either way it was a mouthful. Anyway…)
The Confessions seems […]