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 …
Review: Every Writer’s Guide to Copyright and Publishing Law
Every Writer’s Guide to Copyright and Publishing Law by Ellen M. Kozak My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very helpful. Full of good information. The times, they are a changing. View all my reviews
Quick Follow Up on The Flag
As a number of you noticed, I wrote yesterday on what I regard as empty posturing on the part of the Southern Baptist Convention. This elicited a lot of reactions and comments, and so I thought to follow everything up with a few additional comments of my own. One of the reactions was by Jeff …