Category Archives: Animals

Do Animals Have Souls?

From Dean Ohlman on February 6, 2012

While many who hold to the authority of the Bible today are convinced that animals have souls, it’s likely that the majority believe they don’t. Whatever the opinion, it seems probable that the beliefs of most Christians on this issue … Continue reading »

Do Animals Have Rights?

From Dean Ohlman on February 2, 2012

It seems to me that when we consider the proper treatment of animals we should speak of man’s responsibilities as steward rather than to speak of the rights of animals. It’s far easier for me to ignore the rights of … Continue reading »

Baptizing Cats

From Dean Ohlman on January 28, 2012

Let me share a delight with you: I’m reading Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize novel Gilead. The novel is written as a memoire of an aging pastor to his seven-year-old son (offspring of a late second marriage—his first wife having died … Continue reading »

The Vision of Narnia

From Dean Ohlman on January 25, 2012

It was in preparation for this post that I first saw the amazing parallel between Psalm 148:1-6, 11-13 and  Revelation 5:5:11-13.  Each passage offers hymns of praise to the Creator—the Psalm written almost a thousand years before the first coming … Continue reading »

Wildness Will Save the World

From Dean Ohlman on January 19, 2012

While spending a few days thinking through the meaning of Nicolai Berdyaev’s declaration that “beauty will save the world,” I bought Joel Salatin’s new, guilt-inducing book Folks, This Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a … Continue reading »