โThe veneration of icons in a Christian synagogue in A.D. 57 would have gone over like a big pile of greasy bacon at their menโs prayer breakfastโ (Papa Donโt Pope, p. 112).
As the Letter Cometh
Intransigence is Such a Great Word: Regarding your well detailed essay on godly intransigence I have experienced significant whiplash on this matter. Back in 2004 I had moved to my new home in an area populated with Democrats. Since this was a presidential election year I knew the overall sentiment was for John Kerry based …
And They Could Use a Patron Saint
โIn another instance, when the people had been told to โlook toโ the bronze serpent, over time this looking became devotional looking, and Hezekiah had Nehustan destroyed. To which we should respond, good for old St. Hezekiah, patron saint of righteous iconoclastsโ (Papa Donโt Pope, pp. 110-111).
๏ปฟSanctification and the Bell Curve
Introduction: So I have been mulling over a point which, if thought through, will help explain various misunderstandings, kerfluffles, and upcoming events. They are different issues, but there is a common thread to them all. The problems are very different, but the thing they all have in common is a sort of egalitarianism when it …
Book of the Month/March 2019
My selection this month for my book of the month is Seeing Green by Tilly Dillehay. The book is about envy, not the environment, as the subtitle indicatesโโDonโt Let Envy Color Your Joy.โ And this is quite a timely book. The book is competently done, well-written, and it is aimed at a river sin that …
We Cannot Duplicate It
โThe fact that God took on human flesh in the Incarnation (a miracle He was competent to perform) does not mean that we have the ability to recapture that miracle in any paltry representation of oursโwhether done by shutter, brush, hammer and chisel, or an interpretive dance junior high troop performing Godspellโ (Papa Donโt Pope, …
As Regrettable As That Might Be
Because They Were Chinese
โThe likelihood of Adam and Eve looking just like your neighbors next door in Cleveland is remoteโ (Papa Donโt Pope, p. 106).
Though He Did Look a Certain Way
โWe donโt know what Jesus looked like, thank Godโ (Papa Donโt Pope, p. 100).
Intransigence as the Key to Reform
One of the features of modern life together, one that requires some explanation, is our apparent limitless capacity to adapt to absurdity. Examples surround us on every hand, but letโs take the fact of tranny boys running in girlsโ track meets. And lo! It turns out that boys are better at being girl runners than …