Love gets everything it asks for Love is a declaration about its object, its beloved, and Love addresses its beloved, asking only that they cease struggling to earn. Matthew Stanley • Theology
St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon (130-202 AD) Monday update: new post and new podcast episode I'm particularly excited this Monday morning, because a commissioned piece I worked hard on in June just went live at FaithLife's blog over the weekend (you might know them as the company behind Logos Bible Software). What Is the Spiritual Body in 1 Corinthians 15?What Matthew Stanley
Christ in the Desert by Ivan Kramskoi How will our tears water the earth? How shall we water the earth with our tears of joy? I ask myself this question in consternation as I wrestle with the Christian vision of the new heavens and the new earth in which suffering has no place. Matthew Stanley • Christianity
Adam naming the animals - from the Aberdeen Bestiary Signs mean. People think. We easily fall into the habit of describing language and its acquisition through the process of naming, almost as though we have gotten hung up on the story of Adam naming the animals. Matthew Stanley • Philosophy
Photo by Maya Schwarzer / Unsplash A device for restraint What if the most creative things humans have ever constructed were mechanisms for restraint? Matthew Stanley • Philosophy
Buddhist benevolence and Christian compassion When we compare the figures of the Christian saint and the Buddhist bodhisattva, we are confronted with the contrast between compassion and benevolence. These two words cut to the heart of each religion’s subjective orientation. Matthew Stanley • Theology
