For a number of years now, we have been urging the adoption of a Chestertonian Calvinism. For those acquainted with the works of Chesterton, this seem more than a bit odd because Chesterton did not harbor warm, benevolent thoughts about Calvinism. He regarded it as the least Christian of all Christian systems, and he would …
Calvinism 4.0/Chestertonian Calvinism
Introduction: When these precious doctrines of ours—referring to the absolute sovereignty of God over all things—are twisted in such a way as to perpetuate gloom, severity, introspection, accusations, slander, gnat-strangling, and more, the soul is never safe. The doctrines of grace are doctrines of gladness. But whenever God delivers His people in any remarkable way, …
Chestertonian Puritanism, God Bless It
“But there is no understanding the period of the Reformation in England until we have grasped the fact that the quarrel between the Puritans and the Papists was not primarily a quarrel between rigorism and indulgence, and that, in so far as it was, the rigorism was on the Roman side. On many questions, and …
The Revolution Will (Still) Not Be Televised
Introduction: Back in the day, 1970 to be precise, a gent named Gil Scott-Heron released a spoken-word piece with the title that I referenced above—The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. The phrase ...
For An April Fools Letters Feature, I Was Expecting More Weirdness
Letter to the Editor: Greetings Pastor Wilson. I’d love to address your 21 theses on Christ’s covering, but I don’t have a blog, so perhaps in another place. One point and a few questions. ...
So. Letters About the Devil Beating His Wife.
Letter to the Editor: Re: A Christian Take on Conspiracy Thought, I must offer a corrective. Having lived 70 years, I know, based on what my Mom, my grandmother, and my great-grandmother ...
A Lop-Eared Son of a Sea Cook
Introduction: Some have raised a question about the propriety of my Haman letter at such a time as this. The question is whether we really need to debate this Jew thing during this season of Christmas. ...
Content Cluster Muster [10-03-24]
Mastering Physical Comedy by Mastering Physics: Fun One: More here. A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: Wisdom from the Bumper: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Another Podcast: And Yet Another One: Featured Product: Chestertonian Calvinism:For a number of years now, we have been urging the adoption of a Chestertonian Calvinism. For those acquainted with the …
Content Cluster Muster [04-04-24]
She’s Not Messing Around: Open Road: And more here. A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: She Remembers Then . . . : HT: Samuel Cherubin: Edouard Leon Cortes Featured Product: Chestertonian Calvinism:For a number of years now, we have been urging the adoption of a Chestertonian Calvinism. For those acquainted with the works …
Bat-Guano Crazy
Introduction: Certain topics are guaranteed to generate troll-swarms, and trying to be sensible about Judaism is one of them. I am actually tempted to open up the comments on this post in order ...