The banalisation of the sacred and the Christian challenge of teaching in a culture that laughs “When what deserves to be thought about provokes only laughter, it is not truth that has lost its force, but our capacity to recognise…
Adolescence, Culture and the Christian Challenge in the Face of the “Therian” Phenomenon “It is not good that the man should be alone” (Genesis 2:18) Adolescence is one of the most fragile and decisive stages of human development. It is…
Fantasy, Language, and Power in Lewis Carroll Introduction To speak of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland often provokes an ambivalent reaction. For many readers, it remains a children’s book, populated by extravagant scenes, impossible creatures, and situations seemingly devoid of logic.…
I do not usually write in the heat of the moment. I prefer distance, reflection, time. But there are moments when silence itself becomes a form of abdication. I am an Evangelical Christian. I am sixty-seven years old. I belong…
The crisis in England and the silent judgement of the ancient Church ἀποστῶμεν τῆς ματαιότητος καὶ τῆς κενῆς φλυαρίας καὶ ἔλθωμεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἔνδοξον καὶ σεμνὸν κανόνα τῆς παραδόσεως ἡμῶνFirst Letter of Clement 7:1 The situation currently experienced in the…
A Reformed Anglican Reading of the Closure of the Living in Love and Faith Process The Church is not free to reinvent its message, but is called to remain faithful to what has been entrusted to her. In January 2026,…
The First Epistle of Peter and Christian Life in a Post-Christian Civic Religion There was a time when Christianity functioned as a shared moral background, even where living faith had grown weak. That time is drawing to a close. The…
Lessons from the Roman world for contemporary Christian discernment The notion of civic religion, as observed in the Roman world in which Christianity first emerged, offers an unexpectedly fertile key for understanding the cultural moment through which many Western societies…
The study of the Apostolic Fathers has undergone sustained and rigorous development in the Anglophone academic world from the nineteenth century to the present day. This progress, however, has not found an equivalent counterpart in the Spanish-speaking context. Despite the…
To understand the Apostolic Fathers with historical rigour and theological balance, few figures have been as decisive as Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828–1889). Lightfoot was an Anglican bishop of Durham, a professor at Cambridge, and one of the great biblical scholars…