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INKLINGS OF ETERNITY

In Chapter 53 of his book, Isaiah rises to the heights of his prophetic calling, and provides an extended description of future events that passes

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EMPEROR OF HUMAN HEARTS

Raphael’s fresco of the prophet Isaiah appeared just two years after Michelangelo completed his portrait of the same figure. It was commissioned by Johannes Goriz

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WHAT’S TROUBLING ISAIAH?

Michelangelo’s Isaiah cuts a majestic figure, dressed in luminous garments, with a great cloak billowing about him. The noble countenance expresses a profound concentration, and

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SNAPSHOTS FROM EXODUS

One would hardly think that the escape of some Hebrew slaves from Egypt over three thousand years ago would be likely to capture the interest

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CHRIST IN THE CATACOMBS

Mark begins his Gospel abruptly: there are no dazzling song and star-filled accounts of the birth of a Savior. Instead, the lonely cry of John

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