Getting Jefferson Right: Fact Checking Claims about Our Third President by Warren Throckmorton My rating: 4 of 5 stars When I first read The Jefferson Lies, I rated it at four stars, but noted at the time that this was tentative. I wanted to read the other side of that controversy, which I have now …
Rethink the Ink
Introduction: I stated in my earlier post on tattoos that there are Christians I respect who differ with me on the subject, and Joel McDurmon would certainly be in that number. And, just so you know, another example would be Jeff Durbin and the Apologia guys. My appreciation is specific, not generic. Now in order …
When Worlds Collide
Well, Okay. I Guess I Do Approve of Some Tattoos.
The Latest Trumpadoo
Introduction: So here are a few random thoughts on the latest iteration of our great republican hokey pokey. Have you ever read color commentary on res publicae hoci poci, to use Cato’s oft abused phrase? Well, that’s all anybody reads anymore, right? But here goes anyhow. Shock and Aw, Shucks: The first thing to say, …
7 Reasons to Not Tattoo You
Let me begin by saying that God takes you from where you are, and not from where you should have been. If anyone is in Christ, there is no condemnation. If anyone is already tatted up, and the thing is done, then thank God that in Christ there is no condemnation. But the fact that …
So Which Way Do You Want It?
Cornelius Van Til argued that unbelieving societies alternate between rationalism and irrationalism, that unbelieving thought displays a rationalist/irrationalist dialectic, which is quite true. But in advanced stages of cultural decay it should be observed that this dialectic turns into an oscillating fan set on high. Examples are plentiful — in fact, it is hard to …
Review: Laughter at the Foot of the Cross
Laughter at the Foot of the Cross by M.A. Screech My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazing range of scholarship on display here, but it is displayed sort of the way it might be over at the crazy cat lady’s house. The architectonics of the book are non-existent, but the staggering amount of things that …
Review: How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour
How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour by Gordon D. Fee My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very helpful, book-by-book, resource. Recommended. View all my reviews
Not At First
