The immortals know no care, yet the lot they spin for man is full of sorrow; on the floor of Jove's palace there stand two urns, the one filled with evil gifts, and the other with good ones.... He for whom Jove, the Lord of thunder, mixes the gifts he sends, will meet now with good and now with evil fortune.
Homer,IlliadYet doubt not but in Valley and Plain
God is here, and will be found alike
Present, and of His presence many a sign still following thee,
Still compassing thee round with goodness and paternal Love.
John Milton,Paradise Lost
Though non-Christians cannot rightfully generate the objection from evil, Christian solutions usually compromise Biblical truth.
Vergil's Aeneid has a purposeful view of history that Milton's Paradise Lost redeems for a much larger story.
While strenuously asserting the value of religious liberty, early American courts unhesitantly appealed to religious considerations.
A stubborn pietism afflicts not only personal relationships but the gospel itself by its subjective standards, dualism, and perennial self-examination.
While neither turning to Rome, Luther, not mere symbolism, Calvin's viw of the Lord's Supper shaped generations that followed him.
Readers speak out on previous issues.
Samuel Rutherford exhorts a friend with rich pastoral insights and reflects on his own failings.
Doug Wilson outlines the Biblical doctrine of total depravity.
Ken Gentry and Stephen Reynolds debate a Biblical understanding of beverage alcohol use.
Under God: Religion and American Politics.
Notable truths, fallacies, and arrogances making the rounds.