Here is Bruce Waltke, on why Christians should believe in evolution. HT: Joe Rigney. There are (at least) five confusions here. First, he wants to say that if we believe that the Lord is the Giver and Creator of all life, and we do so in a way that is not approved by our secularist …
Tattered Magnificence
Peter’ next chapter is a brief one, and I will be even more brief. It is more explicitly autobiographical, and concerns the tattered magnificence of an England that was clearly visible when Peter was a boy, and which is now almost entirely gone. It is important to note that this chapter is not Peter giving …
A Pointy Hat With Stars and Crescent Moons
In his next chapter, Peter Hitchens writes about the Christian education he received, and the reasons it didn’t “take.” The main reason is that the Christianity, what there was of it, was on autopilot. He learned the same content his fathers had learned, including the missionary journeys of Paul, but what was taught to him …
Same Old Content
I am pleased to mention the re-release of Angels in the Architecture, newly re-typeset, with a new cover, and with the same old subversive content. For those who want to learn about the basics of Christian cultural engagement, this book enables you to progress without becoming progressive, and to be the kind of conservative who …
And Then the Darkness Falls
I am pleased to introduce the extended trailer for the The Rage Against God to you. There are some potent moments in here. Fine work by Gorilla Poet Productions.
Now That’s What Lessons are For
A friend knows that I generally take a dim view of church organs, and thought that this might make me change my mind.
Wineskins Soaked in Wine Puddles
In his next chapter, Peter Hitchens writes about the threshhold that England crossed during his boyhood. The chapter is about the culture-wide failure of nerve, and is entitled “A Loss of Confidence.” Here he astutely points out that atheism is not so much an individual opinion, honestly derived from the force of inexorable arguments, but …
Too Clever By Half
The first chapter of Peter Hitchens’ book is entitled “The Generation Who Were Too Clever to Believe.” He begins with his own story, how he burned his Bible as a fifteen-year-old in full revolt against everything he had been brought up to believe (p. 17). “At that moment I knew — absolutely knew — that …
A Carnival of Adolescent Petulance
In my ongoing discussions of atheism, I have in this place reviewed Christopher Hitchen’s book, God is Not Great, and now, Lord willing, I will do the same thing with his brother’s new book. That book is entitled The Rage Against God, which will release in early May here in the States. For UK readers, …
The Sabbath as Food
The best book I have ever read on keeping the Lord’s Day was written by a friend, Stuart Bryan. The book is called The Taste of Sabbath. You can go over to Credenda, and read something posted there on the same subject. In his bio at the bottom of the article, you can click through …