Tag Archives: Bible

“An Older Wardrobe: Echoes of Deuteronomy in The Silver Chair” by A.J. Culp

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

As a child, I wasn’t much of a reader. But I was a listener. I loved listening to stories—to stories told and stories read. And the Chronicles of Narnia were some of my favourites, with my mother often reading them … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A.J. Culp, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Deuteronomy, Memoir of Moses, Narnia, The Silver Chair | 17 Comments

Studying Online with Regent College

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Hi friends. As some of you know, I do a lot of teaching online. I have been a “distance education instructor” in a variety of forms for 16 years now. Continuing a series from earlier in the year, I want … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Bible, graduate school, Iain Provan, Regent College, seminary, theology | 2 Comments

A Peasant Pagan Prayer in Till We Have Faces

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

My first two degrees in literature are in sacred literature, the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. In those texts, there is a constant conversation about the heart of true faith. From Hannah’s prayer to the spirituality of the Psalms, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Ancient Near East, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Classical Mythology, Greco-Roman World, Greek Mythology, Hebrew Bible, New Testament, paganism, spirituality, The Prayer of Manasseh, Till We Have Faces | 31 Comments

The Inside is Bigger than the Outside: A Christmas Thought from Narnia for Our World Too

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

I worked this older blog post into a short children’s sermon on Sunday, on the shortest day of the year, following the children’s Christmas concert. I think this moment in Narnia is always worth sharing this time of year. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Memorable Quotes, Reflections | Tagged Aslan, Bible, books, chocolate peanut butter balls, Christmas, God in Flesh, lion the witch and the wardrobe, literature, myth, Narnia, The Last Battle | 20 Comments

My Disappointed Review of Greg Boyd’s “Cross Vision”

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Cross Vision: How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence by Gregory A. Boyd My rating: 2 of 5 stars I approached Cross Vision: How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence quite hopefully, … Continue reading →