“Narrative theology is important — crucial in fact. But when it becomes apparent that it is important in this world of war, both sides will attempt to seize it, and will use it to their own ends. This is why it is as silly to assume that someone is a postmodernist because he emphasizes story …
DuPont’s Finest
If authenticity were a slab of ancient oak, burnished and polished to shine with royal splendor as it served as a magnificent table in the great hall of the mountain king, our generation would be able to point proudly to our version as a paper-thin blonde veneer on top of a rickety yard-sale table in …
So There’s That
“For example, the invention of the printing press did lead to a widespread distribution of books. The invention of the Internet has likewise lead to a widespread dissemination of cat videos” (Rules for Reformers, pp. 151-152).
O the Trees Are Green
So I am continuing my spiritual exercises in what the Puritans called mortification, and am posting old audio from songs I recorded way back. This one is called O the Trees Are Green, and is not what I would call driving down the freeway rock n’ roll. This one is from Falling on Deaf Ears. …
Triple-D Demented
There is apparently some debate over whether Chesterton said it, but if he didn’t, I think we can all agree that he should have. “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing–they believe in anything.” I tried to look up the source for that quote this morning, and what I ran into …
Everything Downstream
“For example, someone might want to blame the Protestant Reformation for our modern social balkanizations, but this is way too convenient, and besides, why don’t these same people thank the Protestant Reformers for indoor plumbing?” (Rules for Reformers, p. 151).
To Make the World Like Ireland
“War is declared in the third chapter of the Bible, the central victory is accomplished when the Lord Jesus crushed the head of the serpent at the cross, and the rest of history consists of believers in Jesus being sent out into the world in order to manhandle all the snakes they can find” (Rules …
Blind Philosopher’s Buff
“Without some light from God, we cannot even know we are in the dark, although lots of our modern johnnies pretend to know that, so that they may begin work on their bulging forehead workarounds. But if Kant can’t know anything ‘in itself, as it is,’ then one wonders how he figured out the limitations …
Book of the Month/June 2015
I bought this book, By the People, on the strength of the subtitle, which was “Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission.” Having read it, I want to tell you some of the wonderful things about it, and then talk about a face plant that Murray accomplishes in the last few pages. That face plant is a function …
Review: How Civilizations Die:
How Civilizations Die: by David Paul Goldman My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a book with a lot of surprises, a lot of twists and turns. Goldman makes some questionable assertions here, but this was one of the most fruitful and thought-provoking books I have read in a long time. View all my …