Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very enjoyable, a lot of fun, and some glorious writing. Some laugh out loud spots, not unlike Wodehouse. View all my reviews
Atheist Debate War Stories
I am currently in Atlanta for the ACCS conference — and what a great time that is — but it turns out that John Lennox was also in town for another conference just a stone’s throw away, and through a fortuitous set of circumstances, we wound up seated next to each other at dinner last …
Review: Hammer of God
Hammer of God by Bo Giertz My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is a collection of three loosely related novellas about the “cure of souls” in Lutheran Sweden. It is all very good, and parts of it are glorious. I think it would be particularly encouraging to pastors involved in the hard slog …
On Sharing Our Manna
All right. So there are several threads to tie together here, re: Falwell and Moore. First I need to address the lame defense of himself that Jerry Falwell Jr. gave. “Honored for same hypocrites who accused Jesus of being a friend of publicans and sinners to be targeting me over a decades old mag cover!” …
Just to Make It More Interesting: A Guest Post
I got a letter from a friend about my post on Russell Moore, and I asked him if he could rework it a bit and I would run it as a guest post. I would then reply (which I will probably do tomorrow morning). He said sure, but wanted to post as “a friend.” That’s …
A Sparkly Lunatic
Fair Warning: Just so that you have ample warning beforehand, I would like to provide an advance heads up that I intend to lay about myself like a coruscating berserker. So that you don’t have to resort to google, what that basically means is “sparkly lunatic.” Some of you may have guessed — from the …
Review: The Major Works
The Major Works by Francis Bacon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Francis Bacon was fantastically learned, wise, shrewd, and an epigrammatic master. Not only so, but he was plainly a conscientious and sincere Christian, one who knew the Scriptures well, and who applied them ably and often. Not surprisingly, he is often falsely accused. …
Conservative Curmudgeons
I don’t get many opportunities for this, so let me take them when I can. I refer, of course, to the exhilarating sensation of disagreeing with C.S. Lewis. In an essay on good work, Lewis says this: “Work nowadays must not be good. For the wearer, zip fasteners have this advantage over buttons: that, while …
Review: My Life As Author And Editor
My Life As Author And Editor by H.L. Mencken My rating: 4 of 5 stars Nothing much to say here except how much I love Mencken’s voice. View all my reviews
What Makes Racism Sinful
Back when the world was more oriented in a right side up way than it is now, racism was a short-hand way of describing the mental outlook of the bigot — and everybody knew what a bigot was also. Racism was a descriptive term, and I did not mind describing racism as a sin against …