We have already showed the importance of imagination for shaping on overall Christian outlook and sensibility. Still, for many Christians these things seem abstract and… Read More »Imagination, Illumination and Faith: a Proposed Connection
Determining if a poem, hymn, musical piece, novel, devotional work, painting or other work should be considered a helpful work of Christian imagination is mostly… Read More »Discerning the Christian Imagination: Consensus and Canonicity
If Christians should grow in their ability to discern superior Christian works of imagination, how should they do this? Must every Christian pursue some kind… Read More »Discerning the Christian Imagination: Analogies and Proportion
How is Christian imagination shaped? A true but not very helpful answer would be to say, “everything shapes imagination”. Visits to the doctor, watering the… Read More »Shapers of Christian Imagination
What does the Christian imagination look like when it is fleshed out? We can imagine it as a spectrum, beginning with Scripture itself and working… Read More »Christian Imagination Fleshed Out
If Christian imagination is the best way of referring to how Christians know and perceive the world, does thinking of it in this way have… Read More »Imaginative Knowledge
If “Christian imagination” is really another way of saying Christian knowing, or Christian knowledge, why persist in calling it imagination? Why not simply call it… Read More »Imaginative Knowing
Should Christians persist in referring to “Christian Imagination”? Since we are concerned with truth, should we not avoid terms that have connotations of what is… Read More »Imagination and Understanding Reality
Christian imagination is not a term that will immediately draw approving responses. These days, Christianity is on the back foot anyway, and anything that sounds… Read More »Christian Imagination is Not Imaginary Christianity
If God’s beauty is perceived through correspondent, or ordinate love, we face a dilemma. Love is not merely a mental choice between options. One cannot… Read More »The Dilemma of Commanded Love
When the apostles experienced persecution in Acts 4, they looked to Psalms 2 for comfort. They recognized that the ultimate example of what they were… Read More »God’s Response to Wicked Imagination
We are in the midst of a short series focused on the psalms, and part of my goal is to help us understand how the… Read More »The Counsel of the Wicked
Living in a wicked world presents challenges for people attempting to walk the way of righteousness. We are constantly bombarded with competing images of the… Read More »Torah for the Heart
The way that you live will be controlled ultimately by your image of the good life—what it means to really flourish and prosper, And, in… Read More »Imagination Formed by Scripture’s Music
A lot of Christians have the wrong image when they read Psalm 1. They think if they just choose the righteous path, then everything will… Read More »What Shapes Your Image of the Good Life?
In the year before we left, I read two books that really influenced how we took our sabbatical with four kids, and I am eternally… Read More »How to Help Kids Love Travel: Finding Balance
Below are two works of Christian imagination. Both attempt to depict what it means for Christ to invite sinners to Himself, and how sinners should… Read More »Two Views on Christ’s Invitation
I got a great question recently, and it’s one I’ve given a lot of thought to since Christopher was born last June. The question was… Read More »Beautiful Baby Books: A List of Recommendations
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that ordinate affections are often expressed and evoked through… Read More »Article 8: On Works of the Imagination
The Hypostatic Union The Word set forth before the world began Wrote out the mournful tune in minor key: The crying of the infant… Read More »A Poem on the Hypostatic Union