So, then, the issues are perennial, but the terms are not. Anyone working through the tangled weave of religion and politics may need some help with terms. Anyone whacking away at the thicket of culture and faith with the machete of curiosity could probably use a simple lexicon. It seems only fair to provide some …
The Yellow House on Howard
Last Thursday we held the memorial service for my mother In one part of the service, we asked a grandson from each of the four lines of the family to say a few things in memory of their grandmother. Here are Nate’s comments, and you can watch them below. Elizabeth Catherine Wilson – In Memoriam …
Where History is Aimed
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #16 “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us …
Striving to Lose
“The harm is that men are not faithful to hookers. Why should a Christian woman want to look like one? Why on earth would she want to resemble the kind of woman who is easy to use and easier to leave?” (Fidelity, pp. 142-143).
Your Wretched Regulations
“To the pure mind, none of the powers of manhood are common or unclean. Humour can be consecrated, and should be . . . some preachers are so unnatural themselves, that the human nature of their hearers refuses to subject itself to their operations. O ye who are evermore decorously dull, before ye judge a …
Why Yarn Can’t Hold the Needles
One of the central tests of a Trinitarian understanding of practical theology is the ability to maintain distinctions in unity, and to maintain unity while steadfastly holding distinctions. Form and balance together is Trinitarian. To pick one aspect of God’s creation, and to root for it until it absorbs all the others is unitarian. To …
Pressurized Two by Fours
And I can’t let this one pass by. In the course of his argument, Carl Trueman mentioned an oddity that he had noticed — that men who are conservative in their theology, and capable of great precision and nuance, turned suddenly simplistic when it came to political analysis. Hey, worth thinking about, right? But the …
Out of the Mouth of Babes
Carl Trueman’s Republocrat was a quick and enjoyable read, but there is not a whole lot to say about it. Just three quick comments here, plus one follow up in the next post on another subject. First, it is clear that Trueman is largely dealing with a spectrum created by MSNBC and Fox News. And …
And Brought Back Here
Last week I mentioned Rachel’s book, as well as Nancy’s, both coming out the day after Thanksgiving. Domestic pre-orders get free shipping. A bunch of you jumped on that, as well you ought to have. But Canon Press is on a roll, and that same day is also releasing a book version of What I …
Huh, Sez I
Here in Latah County, a fine Christian gentleman named Gresham Bouma is running for the Idaho State Senate. The previous occupant of that seat was RINO, one whom Gesham bumped off in the primary. Now generally we are kind of a blue dot region in red state Idaho, and so our official representatives in the …