Stoics have no imagination, no sense of rhythm. Like a frozen board behind the shed, they have no fire. “Christ was in an agony at prayer (Luke 22:44). Many when they pray are rather in a lethargy, than in an agony. When they are about the world, they are all fire; when they are at …
Really Looking Forward to This One
I am currently reading a biography of Isaac Newton, but the thing that makes it really fun is that it was written by a friend, a colleague here at New St. Andrews. Mitch Stokes is our math and philosophy guy, or, as they say in the biz, fellow. Peter Leithart has written a bio of …
Which Makes Trusting God Necessary
“No one can go into a marriage relationship to find out what it would be like to be married to this person without being married to them already. This means that with the scriptural system of courtship, the commitment comes first, and true intimate knowledge of the spouse comes second” (Her Hand in Marriage, p. …
A Peek at the Future
“If a girl wants to be impressed with a young man, she needs to see how he speaks to his own mother at home, and not how nice he can be across the dinner table from a cute girl at a restaurant” (Her Hand in Marriage, p. 88).
Ice Cream and Susie
“Often guys will say, ‘I love Susie.’ This does not necessarily mean they are interested in Susie’s best interest, but rather, ‘I really like the sensations which occur in me whenever Susie is around.’ When a boy say, ‘I love ice cream’ he is not seeking the ice cream’s best interest. He loves the sensation …
Trouble Building a Taco Stand
Please bear with me a bit in this review of Scott Clark’s contribution to Tabletalk. So many different issues converge here that it will be necessary to spend a little bit of time deconfusing them. Clark’s article concerns what to do with the pilgrims from evangelicalism that may be making their way into confessional Reformed …
Make Sure You Check Out the Upper Left Picture
Not a question you ask yourself every day. But this is the issue — should it be?
George Grant on The Chestnut King
I was pleased to see this clip, where George briefly reviews what he is currently reading. That would be Chesterton’s Orthodoxy, Darwin’s Origin, the Koran, and The Chestnut King. What a great idea — book reviews by video clip. We were doing book plugs that way, but the “currently reading” approach is what theologians in …
Families Come From Families
“In a wedding, the family is giving birth; it is reproducing itself” (Her Hand in Marriage, p. 80).
You Know You Are on the Wrong Side of a Church Split If . . .
Here are just a few observations I have gathered from over the years. I used the phrase church split in the title, but the principles also apply to solo departures from a church, as well as to those controlled crashes that are a combination of church split and church plant — what the professionals call …