I want to offer my public thanks to Christianity Today for hosting this debate. I would also like to thank Christopher Hitchens for participating in it. The last installment can be found here. … [Read more...]
Better Than We Deserve
I am posting old articles here that ran in Table Talk, and this one was part of the run up to Y2K. Hence the situation is somewhat dated, but the principles involved certainly are not. The message at that time was that repentance is good preparation if disaster happens, and good … [Read more...]
The Standing Veto
"Many among us have no other reason why they oppose good motions but because they were not first in them. They are loath to break the ice, to begin a good work if they see any difficulty in it, and yet the cause of God must not go on, indeed Christ must not be admitted, if they … [Read more...]
One Little Word Shall Fell Him
Christians are people of the Word, and as a result they are people of words. We love the Truth, and this is why we must necessarily love truths. The flip side of this is that when a love for the Lord Jesus declines, one of the first places it manifests itself is in an obvious … [Read more...]
Optimistic Cultural Realism
When Rome, the Eternal City, was sacked in 410 AD, St. Augustine was brought to write his monumental work, the City of God. Part of the reason he felt the book had to be written was because many Christians had had their faith rattled by the event. Over the course of the previous … [Read more...]
You First
"Now when one proud man thinks it a dishonor for him to put up with wrong from another who, it may be, is as proud as himself, and he too thinks it a dishonor for him to put up with wrongs, what peace can there be? Some wrongs must be put up with, but proud men will never agree … [Read more...]
Sauron, Saruman, and Samwise
I have been occupied with atheism and federal vision stuff, and have not been able to work through Rod Dreher's book Crunchy Cons as quickly as I would have liked. Ah, well. His next chapter is on the environment, and I think that it is the chapter that most clearly reveals … [Read more...]
Now That”s Cool
What’s needed around here is a good definition of the word cool. We all know what is intended whenever we encounter it in a sentence, but a clear understanding nevertheless remains elusive. One individual is successfully cool. Another makes the attempt, with tragic results, and … [Read more...]
Fifth Installment of the Hitchens/Wilson Debate
Christianity Today has now posted the fifth exchange between Christopher Hitchens and me. This is the penultimate round, with the final round going up next week. You can find it here. … [Read more...]
The Hebraic Mind
Careful students of church history see far more in it than names and dates, battles and councils, popes and reformers. The history of the church is very much a history of ideas. But in order to talk about the course and influence of these ideas, we have to talk about the various … [Read more...]
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