Devin O'Donnell7 days ago1 minWelcome to the "Hot Gates"Today we are continuing our study of the Battle of Marathon. Later this week we read about and study the battle of Thermopylae. The story...
Devin O'Donnell7 days ago8 minThe Game We're Really Trying to WinWe go to a school where we study the classical world. And if there is one faint vestige left over from the classical world that we still...
Devin O'DonnellMay 161 minWhere is Odysseus? – Part IIWe are continuing our study of the delayed identification of Odysseus. Agenda for Monday: Prayer Odyssey Books 1-12 Exam Biblia Sacra...
Devin O'DonnellMay 121 minWhere are thou, Odysseus? Why do you speak in parables? We discussed how Christ's identity is often concealed at first and revealed in significant ways that pertain to his character, such as in...
Devin O'DonnellMay 93 minHe was known to them in the breaking of breadWhen Christ was preaching and teaching before the start of his ministry in Jerusalem, the revelation of his identity was carefully...
Devin O'DonnellMay 42 minThe Cattle of Helios & Mount SinaiIn Book XII of The Odyssey, we encounter the sacred cattle of Helios. They are warned many times not to harm the cattle of the Sun....
Devin O'DonnellMay 34 minThe Weight of GloryIn his masterful essay, "The Weight of Glory," C. S. Lewis introduces an idea that restructured the theology of many modern Christians,...
Devin O'DonnellMay 22 minDo not be unbelievingPerhaps we are all familiar with the story behind the name given to the more skeptical of the apostles. In twentieth chapter of John's...
Devin O'DonnellApr 291 minCyrus the GreatCyrus in a big deal in history. Many Christians, for instance, don't know that he is referred to as the Lord's "anointed" in Isaiah. And...
Devin O'DonnellApr 251 minThe Significance of Christus VictorGrowing up in the church, one can become rather complacent with the significance of Easter, as if rising from the dead were so jejune...
Devin O'DonnellApr 141 minMaundy ThursdayMaundy Thursday marks a singular moment in Holy Week, a pause and a breath. In the midst of the growing sense of climax, the pageantry &...
Devin O'DonnellApr 66 minThe World, the Flesh, and the DevilYesterday, we returned to the narrative of Christ's temptation in the wilderness, a fitting passage to contemplate in the season of Lent....
Devin O'DonnellApr 42 minThe Odyssey & The OikosWe are back to Homer, friends. More than the Iliad, this work seems to appeal to students by virtue of its sense of adventure (literally,...
Devin O'DonnellMar 303 minPeace, peace, Orestes-likeYesterday we finished The Eumenides by Aeschylus, which concludes the trilogy of tragic plays. We saw that the solution to the violent...
Devin O'DonnellMar 293 minPythia be like Today we are continuing our reading of The Eumenides. The name "Pythia" comes from "Pytho," which was the original name of Delphi,...
Devin O'DonnellMar 282 minEcce ancilla DominiOn the Church calendar, March 25 marks the feast of the Annunciation. This day is observed in Protestant and Catholic traditions by...
Devin O'DonnellMar 243 minBeware the sower of taresThe Parable of the Wheat and Tares can be a difficult parable, but if we have mastered the parable about parables, then it is possible to...
Devin O'DonnellMar 212 minHauntings of JusticeToday we begin The Oresteia, following the disturbing events of the house of Atreus, particularly on character of Agamemnon and his...
Devin O'DonnellMar 161 minThe end of the Iliad and Homer's tragedyOur catechism states, "the origins of the universe for pagan man is a tragic world, a closed system of fate, where all stories begin...
Devin O'DonnellMar 142 minLead us not into temptation – Part IIIt says in Matthew that after Jesus was baptized, "he was led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil" (4:1)....