The president has clearly been knocked back on his heels over this whole health care fiasco. It is looking more and more like he will get a bill with “health care” written on it somewhere, so he can have a face-saving talking point, but he is decreasingly likely to get anything close to what he …
Decretum Horribile
Book 3/Chapter 23 Man’s responsibility (section 6) 1. What is the next objection to election that Calvin answers? 2. Does Calvin agree that foreknowledge by itself is not deterministic? A predestined fall (section 7) 1. Does Calvin grant that the decree is dreadful? 2. If there were a legitimate complaint, where would it have to …
Provoking the Lions
GRACE & PEACE “At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my …
Okay. So Here We Go.
Many apologies for the delays, but the delays, like disco, are now over. We are teetering on the threshhold of announcing the release of Collision. The deals have been signed, and various fun announcements will be forthcoming within this next week. I will of course be pointing you to them from here, but there will …
The Whole Fairy Ring
It has been a spell since I have written much on food issues, but it has never been far from my mind. And then the brief post yesterday reminded how important the whole issue is. The world is full of friendly rivalries, and when they get unfriendly in any serious way, most people observing can …
Resting in Wonder
Book 3/Chapter 23 The other side of the coin (section 1) 1. What does human understanding when it hears the truths of election? 2. If God passes over someone instead of electing him, what does that amount to? 3. Is hardening in the hand of God? 4. Is the relationship of God to good and …
A Small Can of Corn
Come now certain pesky scientists who have shown that organic food isn’t any more nutritional than the kind that has had the bugs sprayed off (HT: Joe Rigney). But all is not lost. We can still feel superior, which is the thing we are fundamentally hungry for. Organic food production is much better on the …
Learning to Not Patronize Paul
Book 3/Chapter 21 The fathers on foreknowledge (section 8) 1. Which church fathers appealed to God’s foreknowledge of grace used well? 2. What is Calvin’s “the dog that did not bark” argument against this view? 3. What is the relationship between God’s grace and our fitness? Thomist subtlety (section 9) 1. What does Calvin do …
A Sinkhole of Father Hunger
Here is a little clip of Frank Schaeffer decoding secret messages that mainline Christian conservatives have been sending out to the fever swamps of the right. I am a little peeved, frankly, because I live in northern Idaho, for crying out loud. Why I am not getting these messages? Did I offend somebody? Oh, I …
Kyle and Elizabeth
In order to have a Christian home, the kind we just sang about, it is necessary to have Christians. In order to have a Christian marriage, there must be a Christian man and Christian woman. Going beyond this, in order to have a good Christian marriage, we must have a good man and good woman. …