World magazine recently sat down with Donald Trump to ask about his spiritual influences. There were some surprises. The full interview will be published when the devil has to buy ice skates. But until then, here is a sneak peek at some of the things World was frankly not anticipating. Asked about which book apart …
Review: The Luck Stone
The Luck Stone by P.G. Wodehouse My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wodehouse is always fun, but this one was different. This is a “boys at boarding school” story, but with a mysterious stone from India and criminals thrown in. In other words, this is an adventure story, not a light comedy in the style …
7 Reasons for Cultural Optimism
Someone recently mentioned to me that my cultural commentary of late has not seemed very postmilly. Where did all my optimism go? Many years ago members of my family were assembling for breakfast, and I believe the demeanor of all of us was somewhat somber, particularly my mother. This inspired my father, seated at the …
Just About There
“When it comes to revivals, the reason why it always comes as such a surprise to us is simple. God — in order to keep the glory where it needs to be kept — makes sure that we are in such a bad way, in such a condition of hopelessness, that nobody expects a resurrection. …
The Prison Mines of Ganymede
Introduction: How do you know when you are being steered? I mean steered by the shapers and molders of the bleeding edge contempo-evangelical conscience, which would be, of course, the devil. The Basic Move: You know that you are being steered when positions that were demanded of you x number of years ago are now …
7 Principles for Navigating Times of Racial Animosity
I have seen Jon Gabriel’s tweet many times, and unfortunately this is because there have been numerous occasions in the last few years where the snark fits like a glove. “My favorite part about the Obama era is all the racial healing.” I am old enough to remember 1967, and I am starting to feel …
Risking the Plug-Uglies
“Think of the countless human acts, acts of copulation, spread over millennia, that led to the birth of Plato, Attila, or Napoleon. Yet it is on these unpredictables that human history largely depends” (C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm, p. 39). We look around ourselves and we think we see solid things. We look at them …
Theologically Incorrect
Inevitable Improbabilities
“Any historical event, once it occurs, however unlikely, can be shown to have been inevitable by any competent historian. But reading the clues before it all happens is a different matter. And so we declare, with certainty, the inevitability of the highly improbable” (Rules, 264).
The Word First
“The world is not something that produces information. Information is something that produces the world (Rules, pp. 263-264).