The Epic of Gilgamesh

Translator: Benjamin R. Foster Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Among the lessor known epics of our world is a piece called the Epic of Gilgamesh or simply Gilgamesh. It is also considered the oldest epic ever found, although the Atrahasis and Enuma Elis are next up. Despite its age and origin, this epic still provides new insights today. The …

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Problems of Convenience: A Modest Propsal

Author: Jonathan Swift Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Commentary Jonathan Swift, Irish by parentage but Englishman by citizenship, wrote A Modest Proposal in 1729. During the time he wrote this, there was great suffering in Ireland, and the English seemed to be at a loss as to how to deal with that problem. As the name might …

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The Founders and Christian Education

  Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. ~ Proverbs 22:6 ~ III. - That the Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world; IV. - That knowledge is most durable …

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Review: How to Read Literature like a Professor

I was introduced to a book called How to Read Literature Like a Professor, written by Thomas Foster, in the past year, though I only recently found the time to read it. I was apprehensive to reading the book at first because I though it might be stuffy, or inapplicable, or even repetitive. And while many of …

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Who Invented Science?

There are many who would say that, as Christians, we cannot be on the side of science. While this statement is wholly false, it is also ignorant. It is ignorant not only because it is spoken without an understanding of what Christianity is or what we as Christians believe in, but also because it lacks …

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