Wince+Sing
“on an age-old anvil wince and sing”
-Gerard Manley Hopkins
Wince+Sing is the official blog of Greystone Theological Institute. W+S provides biblical and theological resources for Christian scholarship, education, and devotion—all from a perspective consonant with and expressive of a comprehensive catholic and deeply Reformed, confessional Christian faith.
Stephen Hawking (1942–2018)
My first introduction to Stephen Hawking was through his bestseller, A Brief History of Time, which I read on its release in 1988 at the age of fifteen.
Descriptions and Prescriptions
Christians contemplating clinical mental health care are often unsure if they can safely give themselves over to it. Freud's antagonism towards religion still casts an ominous shadow over the profession.
Opposition as Surprise
Christians do not seem to be any better positioned to cope with criticism and display a similar range of reactions. When frustrated, they can always retreat into their sectarian enclave for refreshment.
The Greystone Way (or, at least, part of it)
Every generation needs to be equipped first to know the origin of a textbook, and be trained to fix it in every place where it is weak or unfit for the job at hand. This is exactly how Reformed Catholicity, that double principle of past and future, is applied to our academic work.
"Black Munday"
Should we fear the solar eclipse? Should we fear anything? Learn about "Black Munday", the solar eclipse of 1652, featured here in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Of Dogs and Heaven (Part 3)
As I look out my window this morning at the sun rising over my house to shed its light on tops of the trees behind it, a golden crown is set on a forest still caught in the dead of a hard winter. A long awaited spring is still kept at bay…
Freud's Last Session
Freud’s greatest argument against Christianity is the stark reality of human suffering. This is most forcefully advocated by the environment of the war, its satanic promulgator, Hitler, and in a touching way throughout the play, Freud’s mouth cancer…