“From the time that Aaron, the first high priest, acceded to the people’s wish by casting a golden calf (Ex. 32), the religious leadership has always prepared the way for apostasy” (Herbert Schlossberg, Idols for Destruction, p. 232).
Pleasant Daydreams
Just rolled back into Moscow yesterday, and am still getting situated. I believe the Idaho primary (Republican side only) is today, so I am going to toodle on down to cast my vote for Ron Paul. Why? say you. It’s all over, isn’t it? Well, anything that we can do to remind John McCain that …
On A World That Defies Satire
Coming soon . . . John Mitchell is the pastor of a small, modestly successful Reformed Baptist church in a city in the Midwest. Chad Lester is one of the most successful pastors in North America, and he is the leading light at Camel Creek Community Church in the same city. He is, speaking in …
Prince Caspian
Nancy and I went to see Prince Caspian last night. We did this because, despite some annoyances, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe had not vandalized the book, and we had similar hopes here. Reviewing this movie is going to be be difficult, but if forced to give an overall evaluation, I would say …
Another Outrage on the Public Weal
So then, as it turns out, the California Supreme Court perpetrated a vicious hate crime against bisexuals. In a decision that reminded civilized observers everywhere of the smell of cooking cabbage, the seven robed judicialbots did what they did, and all the diversity advancement that progressives have been whining about interminably coughed quietly and died. …
Laziness and Poverty
We will find no real help in looking at the Hebrew word for lazy man, or sluggard. It means . . . well, it means lazy man or sluggard. Some things are so universal that they translate well into any language; we all understand what a shirker is. It would simplistic to say that poverty …
God’s Garage: Some Visual Evidence
A week or so ago, I wrote about God’s Garage. Here is a picture of what I believe was known to the natives of that time as a “rap session.” Sorry about the size of the picture.
Our Intellectual Cheetos
In the introductory material, Clapp has noted many of the American characteristics that are in tension. In Chapter 2, he starts to get into the particulars, in this case the tension between lonesomeness and community. If there is anything that country singers are good at, it is “high lonesome.” And if there is anything else …
Hardscrabble Celts
The first full chapter of Clapp’s book is entitled “America’s Southern Accent” and shows, quite effectively, that when we talk about American culture generally we are largely talking about Southern culture — “but now southern identity, like the Mississippi in flood, has surged well beyond the banks of the South as a region. In so …
Fourth of July Uplift
Here is a photo of Obama’s chum, William Ayers, taken from a profile on him in Chicago Magazine. There are about five reasons why I believe Obama cannot win the general election in the fall, and this is one of them. HT: The Pearcey Report But here is the problem for Christians. We are commanded …