“First-rate writers are more interested in what they are writing about than in the fact that they are writing about it. That is why they are interesting” (Writers to Read, p. 39).
The Huffington Puffington Post
So it is apparently time to have a little bit of fun with The Huffington Post. I got a call a week or so ago from a HuffPo reporter, who interviewed me about the founding of Logos School, along with the founding of the Association of Classical Christian Schools. The interview was going along merrily, …
Not From Scratch
“Those who want to be creative originals from scratch seldom are, and those who slavishly follow the recipe have a different problem, just as debilitating. Those who look carefully at the masters to learn and imitate soon find their own distinctive voice with their own contributions” (Writers to Read, p. 38).
Secure or Less Insecure
“The critic need not be secure in order to successfully market his wares. He just has to be less insecure than the artists he is criticizing, which, given the temperament of most cape and beret artists post-Rousseau, is not that hard” (Writers to Read, p. 37).
Step Right Up
For a limited time, starting today, Samaritan Ministries is sponsoring an exclusive premier of the film They Grow Up Fast. My friend Darren Doane starting using his camera and professional eye with the birth of his first child, and the result is a real encouragement to all parents in similar circumstances. My son Nate—a parent …
On Divorcing the Democrats
Let us begin by granting that American blacks are the battered spouse in an abusive relationship. There are aspects to the analogy that are very easy to see—because the bruises are so readily identifiable. The abuse is very real. But because it is an analogy that compares groups containing millions of people with a marriage …
A Problematic Gumby Word
I have been involved in the work of recovering a right understanding of the liberal arts in education for decades now. One of the reasons for this is that we have to destroy what is now called liberalism—what also goes by its other names of progressivism or leftism, depending on which convenience store they are …
Two Sorts of #NeverTrump
We need to do a little analysis of what it actually means to be #NeverTrump. This is a political issue, and political issues are always slippery. They are slippery because every night someone comes in and slathers them all over with axle grease, or with money, hard to tell which. The avowal of #NeverTrump sentiments …
Book of the Month/September 2016
This is a very encouraging little book, pointing to two words that function as the hinge of all gospel living. There is a problem, a dilemma, a crisis, a trouble, and God’s people are up against it. This happens time and again in the Scriptures. And the next two words are but God . . …
Critical Authority
“What is the authority of the critic, exactly? Where does it come from? A certain measure of it has to be the capacity to generate fear, which is probably why successful critics generally know how to slash as they write” (Writers to Read, p. 33).