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By Glenn Sunshine|Published Date: April 30, 2012
Christians Who Changed Their World (13)
This is part of an on-going series of articles about largely unknown Christians who had an enormous impact on society by faithfully living out their biblical worldview in various areas of life.
Foundations of science
Platonic humanism, the worldview that arose in the cathedral schools of the twelfth century, was built around the idea that the world came from God and therefore studying the world can lead us back to God. This idea had implications for a wide range of fields, some of which were mentioned in the article on the Naumburg Master.
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By Glenn Sunshine|Published Date: April 16, 2012
Christians Who Changed Their World (12)
This is part of an on-going series of articles about largely unknown Christians who had an enormous impact on society by faithfully living out their biblical worldview in various areas of life.
Trend toward realism
Many classes in art history dealing with the differences between medieval and Renaissance art will point to the jamb statues on the Royal Portal (1145-1155) or on the North Portal (1205-1240) of Chartres Cathedral and compare them to statues by Donatello, such as St. George (1417). The contrast is explained by arguing that the stylized, elongated medieval figures reflect an other-worldly outlook, whereas Donatello’s more realistic figures are a product of the humanism and secularism of the Renaissance.
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By T. M. Moore|Published Date: April 09, 2012
They Shall All Know Me (3)
“And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” John 17:3
Going to heaven?
I rather suspect that for many Christians “eternal life” is regarded above all as a destination to be realized. “Do you know for certain that you have eternal life? That you will go to heaven when you die?” Thus scores of thousands of us, from the 70s to the present, turned casual conversations in a more spiritual direction, leading with a question that, for us, focused on the hope of the Gospel.
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By Glenn Sunshine|Published Date: April 02, 2012
Christians Who Changed Their World (11)
This is part of an on-going series of articles about largely unknown Christians who had an enormous impact on society by faithfully living out their biblical worldview in various areas of life.
Exception to the rule
The Catholic Church in the twelfth century did not allow women much opportunity for public ministry. The only role available to women in the church was as nuns in closed monastic communities. Although the abbesses that ran these monasteries could have a fair amount of political clout, their role as spiritual leaders was limited to their convent, and even then was exercised under the direction of a male priest. Although the secular world would become more and more open over the next centuries to women playing a role in public life, the Church did not follow suit.
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By T. M. Moore|Published Date: March 26, 2012
They Shall All Know Me (2)
“And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least off them to the greatest, declares the LORD.” Jeremiah 31:34
Not like the Old Covenant
Christians rightly celebrate the fact that God has made a new and lasting covenant with us, a covenant of grace which, unlike the Old Covenant, cannot fail to accomplish His purposes (Heb. 13:17; Jer. 31:31-34).
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By Glenn Sunshine|Published Date: March 19, 2012
Christians Who Changed Their World (10)
This is part of an ongoing series of articles about largely unknown Christians who had an enormous impact on society by faithfully living out their biblical worldview in various areas of life.
Celtic sun crosses
In the ruins of the Abbey of Monasterboice, County Louth, Ireland, are three High Crosses. On the southernmost of these crosses is an inscription that reads, “ÓR DO MUIREDACH LAS NDERNAD IN CHROS,” or in English, “A prayer for Muiredach who had this cross made.” (Some earlier translations had, “who made this cross,” but the consensus now is that Muiredach was the one who sponsored the carving of the cross.)
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