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Christ & Country
Vol. 33, No. 5 • Sep/Oct 2024
Jesus summarized the law as devotion to God above all and to our neighbors as ourselves (Matt. 22:34–40). Although some neighbors are naturally closer than others, God makes it plain that we should consider every human being as worthy of our neighborly love. […]
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Jesus summarized the law as devotion to God above all and to our neighbors as ourselves (Matt. 22:34–40). Although some neighbors are naturally closer than others, God makes it plain that we should consider every human being as worthy of our neighborly love. […]
Bible on the Bosporus: Reformation Europe and the Orthodox Church
In 1638, Cyril Lucaris, Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, was arrested and convicted of treason by high-ranking Ottoman officials. Grimly, he died at the hands of the Janissaries, the elite infantry units that formed the Sultan’s army, who strangled him and pitched his body into […]
The Church’s Original Sin
The relationship between church and state has generated questions from the start. Although the basic biblical principles seem straightforward, their applications to specific situations have frequently been muddled and perplexing. […]
“Behold the Man!”: Why Jesus Makes Us Uncomfortable
“So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, ‘Behold the man!'” (John 19:5) Pilate says more here than he realizes. We can understand when Peter, astonished and overwhelmed at Jesus’ control over the storm, exclaims, “Depart from me, for I am a *sinful* man” (Luke 5:8). […]
“If Men Were Angels”: The Augustinian Influence on the US Constitution
*This essay is a lightly edited version of a speech Dr. Horton gave at the Nixon Library in 2018. Part political history and part historical theology, he traces the influence of Catholic and reformational convictions about the fallenness of human nature on the development of early modern political thinkers *[…]
Behold, He Comes
Besides the conversation of the cricket And distant whirs of passing cars, no voice Invades this night. The grazers in the thicket, If not asleep, stay watching, stand with poise. […]
Vol. 33, No. 5 • Sep/Oct 2024
Christ & Country
Jesus summarized the law as devotion to God above all and to our neighbors as ourselves (Matt. 22:34–40). Although some neighbors are naturally closer than others, God makes it plain that we should consider every human being as worthy of our neighborly love. […]
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