I have said before, in the course of this argument or that one, that my musical tastes are catholic. But, for any of those who might be interested, I thought I should make that point a bit more concrete. One of my more frequented playlists in my iTunes library has 537 songs in it. If …
But There Ain’t No Peace
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That Side of the Prime Meridian
Some dear friends are hosting a conference in a few weeks near Lyon, France. Their ministry is called Huguenot Heritage, and the embed below will tell you more about that. Any who are interested in supporting a very worthy ministry should consider helping to underwrite the costs of conference or even, if you are on …
Hard to Climb a Hill and Not Look Down
Chapter 7 is a very brief conclusion to the first section of Hunter’s book. Hunter sets up a very helpful discussion of the tension that exists between the fact that change is accomplished by elites, and the fact that the spirit of the gospel prohibits an attitude of elitism. “This is why elitism — a …
Peace Activist Discovering the Attractions of War
Read Until Your Brain Creaks
Some months ago, I listed seven brief and basic pointers for writers, and have since wanted to take time to expand on each one of those points with seven observations under each head. So here is the second point, upon which I would like to enlarge. Read. Read constantly. Read the kind of stuff you …
A Moral Code Must Be Out of Reach
In Chapter 10 of The Rage Against God, Peter Hitchens nails down the loosest board on the side of atheism’s house. So to speak. Unfortunately for atheism, this does not repair the house, but rather causes the whole thing to fall down. According to Peter, the atheists “have a fundamental inability to concede that to …
Thunder, Lightning, and Blue Ruin
The next chapter of James Davison Hunter’s book To Change the World is like the previous chapters — full of good and true information, but to what end? The same data does different things in differing eschatological paradigms. A postmill guy like me takes it as a prophetic given that the gospel has been transforming …
Crisis and the Church
In a few weeks, I will be down in Boise for a conference sponsored by The King’s Congregation, a sister congregation in the CREC. More information can be found here. Just think, Boise is probably closer to your house than you think.
Love is Not Relativism
INTRODUCTION: We are the beta test for the new humanity, but this might require some explanation. Jesus Christ is the perfect man, but we are not yet grown up into that perfect man (Eph. 4: 13). So, as far as we go, we are the working prototype of what God is up to. There are …