“The Romantic poet wishes to be absorbed into Nature, the Elizabethan, to absorb her” (C.S. Lewis, English Literature in the 16th Century, p. 341).
The Lord With Us
INTRODUCTION: There are seven Old Testament passages quoted in the first chapter of Hebrews alone. And five of those seven passages have to do with the submission of the nations to Christ. And that is what the entire book is about—and we are taught this through the author showing us that this is what the …
No Problem Texts
“One way to escape extremes of neglect and overemphasis is to work steadily through books of the Bible or at least whole chapters, expounding everything, shirking nothing” (John Stott, A Preacher’s Portrait, p. 26).
Work It Off If You Can
“The offenders must repent before Allah, but Allah decides whether or not to forgive him. On Judgment Day the person will discover whether or not Allah will forgive him . . . In short, Allah alone decides whether a person is forgiven. If he commits a big sin, he is at Allah’s mercy. If he …
When Vice Gets Good Press
“When did we no longer appreciate that to dignify certain modes of behavior, manners, and ways of being with artistic representation was implicitly to glorify and promote them?” (Theodore Dalrymple, Our Culture, What’s Left of It, p. 55).
No Little Decisions
“Every son of Adam was at one point a fertilized egg. The moment before millions of sperm were vying to be the one. During the course of that day, how many actions affected the outcome of this most fascinating race? This sperm results in this individual (along with the many thousands of this individual’s descendants), …
The Implacable Hatred of Divines
“Contentions cause much perverseness in men’s tongues, and this causes a breach in their spirits. Your contending costs you dearly. Though it were in nothing else, yet the loss of this sweetness of spirit makes it very costly to you. All the wrong that you would have endured if you had not contended would not …
Potoked Again
Reactions to the NYT article were not long in coming. This one comes from the Southern Poverty Law Center, the world’s richest civil rights organization. Mark Potok, author of this article, was upset that Molly Worthen, author of the NYT piece, wrote a balanced, critical piece when the SPLC clearly sees the crying obligation for …
A New Perspective on Ron Paul
From my comments on this blog thus far, it should have been gathered that I have more than a little sympathy for Ron Paul. I far prefer him to the standard-issue Republican candidate, who would not recognize the Constitution if a copy were to be set on fire on his front lawn. And so I …
Garden and Wilderness
We always want our faith to revolve around the center of what God has revealed, which is of course the gospel. But it is not enough to have the word gospel in our conversation. We must see that our definition of the word matches the teaching and instruction of Christ. “And immediately the Spirit driveth …