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Eric Casteel
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What Herod Means to Me
We are all Herod. We would-every one of us-snuff out the cries of the Babe in its mother’s arms rather than have to hear His words from the cross, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Forgive us, indeed. We will have none of that. In the time of King Herod, after […]
Modern Mysticism
Perhaps one of the greatest sermons on the centrality of God’s Word occurs in what is also one of greatest pieces of music from the nineteenth century: Brahms’ A German Requiem. From a musical standpoint, no other piece matches the ethereal contrast of the heavy, somber instrumentation with the yearning, hopeful vocal lines. Unlike other […]
