![]() ![]() * * * * * * * Where Souls In Pain Find No Comfort Along with a few great theological books, we have been tasked to read novels by George Eliot, Mark Rutherford, Thornton Wilder, and William Inge, and poetry by Oscar Wilde and Samuel Johnson.īelow is what I would describe as a “pastoral exposition” of a moving poem by Oscar Wilde, “ The Ballad of Reading Gaol.” Do yourself a favor and spend an hour soaking in this poem. ![]() The course is particularly designed to intersect with my English Reformation tract, as it is attempting to exposit the pastoral heart behind the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England. He has us reading some unconventional (and splendid) material. ![]() I’ve been preparing as a student for a most unique course on “Doctrine for Preaching and Pastoral Care,” with Dr. ![]()
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