Reflections on the Psalms by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars Glorious, but awful in parts. Finished it again in 2016, and it is still the same. Lewis has an uncanny ability to edify me and appall me simultaneously. View all my reviews
The Moral Tradition and War
So then, it is now time to follow up on my post on pro-life rhetoric and warfare. I am happy with what I said, but more certainly needs to be said. I made a distinction between jus ad bellum and jus in bello. The first has to do with the reasons for going to war, …
Pro-Life Rhetoric and War
One of the problems that arises out of pro-life phrases like “sanctity of human life” is that it makes human life the standard. But God’s law is the standard, not human life. We should rather speak of the sanctity of God’s law, and the resultant dignity of human life. Neglect of this principle is why …
When Cartoons Prove Prophetic
Evangelism, Not a Merger
“Reminder: copying the outside of a culture is not the same thing as engaging with it” (Rules, p. 209).
Recklessness on the Trumpoline
One of the great ironies in the Trump phenom has been the behavior of ostensible conservative leadership in their recklessness on the Trumpoline. From Falwell to Coulter, from Hannity to Rush, they have been bouncing around like crazy on that thing — and mom has been standing in the back door stoop saying, “Someone’s going …
And Just as Lively
“Virtue without Christ is like a corpse without a head” (Rules, p. 209).
What “Never Trump” Means
So here is your morning after breakdown: The current delegate count runs as follows: Trump (621), Cruz (396), Rubio (168), and Kasich (138). Or, to put it another way, Trump (621) and NotTrump (702). The line that somebody needs to get across is 1,237. Trump is a mere five delegates across the halfway line — …
A Most Necessary Meme
Trump Change
Eight years after America was first suckered by the promise of hope and change, we are now being offered the downgraded expectations of cope and change. I refer, of course, to the apparent ascendancy of Donald Trump, he would offer us Trump Change, a state of affairs that rhymes with Chump Change. For one like …