Introduction: So you may consider this a quick round-up of my thoughts thus far in the aftermath of a very weird election, and my medium-warm hot take on how the presidential transition is going. But quite apart from how it might actually be going, I do have to say that I am enjoying the transition …
Review: Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever
Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever by Walter Kirn My rating: 5 of 5 stars Superb. It is common for reviewers to say that this chapter or that was worth the price of some book or other, but this book, full of brutal honesty about academic posturing, has multiple metaphors that were …
Review: Supernatural: What the Bible Teaches about the Unseen World – And Why It Matters
Supernatural: What the Bible Teaches about the Unseen World – And Why It Matters by Michael S. Heiser My rating: 4 of 5 stars Really fine. Except for the chapter on sovereignty and free will, this book is outstanding. It is a popular level handling of the author’s The Unseen Realm. View all my reviews
Review: Your Mind Matters: The Place of the Mind in the Christian Life
Your Mind Matters: The Place of the Mind in the Christian Life by John R.W. Stott My rating: 4 of 5 stars Really good. I think I read it many years ago, but listened to it again on audio. Really good. View all my reviews
Not a Good Way at All, In Fact
“Picture our various theologies of this folly on Christmas morning. If you open a gift and churlishly refuse to thank the giver of it, then—in our little illustration—you are an atheist. But how, in this regard, is it better to be the pietist and to smash the gift to pieces ‘lest it tempt you away …
And I Will Take My Ultimate on the Side
I want to write about religious liberty, and in order to do that I must first address the myth of neutrality. But I don’t really want to address the myth of neutrality, but rather the demented, off-the-chain, sociopathic, deranged, vacuous, and sure-to-let-you-down-later-today opium dream of neutrality. Neutrality is, like, not a thing. It does not …
Write What You Know
For Skies Kind of Bland
“One of the impulses that overscrupulous pietists have is that of trying to ‘thin out the world’ so that we won’t be as tempted to idolatry by it. But the problem with this procedure is that it never works. We can fall into idolatry with our airy abstractions as much as we do with a …
Book of the Month/December 2016
Most of the books I select for my “book of the month” pick are not titles from Canon Press. Now I know that I have lost my treasure in Heaven even for mentioning this, but I still thought it should be pointed out. It is also the case that I don’t generally pick books written …
Because the Sauce Goes on Everything
“The central point of the food is not what you are eating but rather who you are eating it with – but don’t mistake the point here. That does not make the taste of the food, or the care that goes into its preparation, irrelevant. Far from it. A good sauce accents the taste of …