“‘Both, honey, both,’ said Miss Hardcastle. ‘Don’t you understand anything? Isn’t it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and a fierce Right, both on their toes and each terrified of the other? That’s how we get things done . . . Of course we’re non-political. The real power always is.'” (That Hideous Strength, p. …
Historical Forgetfulness
Our Father and God, You have established Your Church as a royal priesthood in this world, and so we intercede for the nations of men now, confessing on their behalf so that the grace of Your forgiveness will soon be extended to them all. Father, we confess that we do not understand our own history. …
In Which Post There is No Photo of Miss California 2009
Our discussion of this issue can now continue without anybody having to speed scroll past the picture. I would have responded sooner, but was out of town at a conference. So here I am, getting up to speed. There were a number of good comments in the previous thread, but out of all of them, …
A Thumbnail Statement on the Trinity
Just a quick thumbnail statement on the Trinity. As Thomas Adams once said, “It is rashness to search, godliness to believe, safeness to preach, and eternal blessedness to know the Trinity.” A great deal of practical confusion exists concerning our relationship to our Triune God. Of course, Christians believe in the Trinity — but they …
Okay, Okay . . . Miss California
Well, let me say just a couple of serious things before I talk about what makes me wheeze. I saw an interview with Miss Carrie Prejean about her now infamous run-in with the kind of insane interaction that must have occurred on Lot’s front porch. She seemed like a sweet and sincere Christian to me, …
Partisanship: The New Funding Model of Journalism
The shift occurred quietly (well, relatively quietly) and without a lot of fanfare. I used to read the newspaper regularly, faithfully, on almost a daily basis, for many, many years. And then one day I found that I wasn’t doing that anymore, and I didn’t need to subscribe to any papers, and I was just …
Running on All Pauline Cylinders
I am listening to Ken Myers’ interview of William Cavanaugh on Mars Hill Audio. I get lots of book purchase ideas from listening to Ken’s stuff, and so I commend it to you. This interview with Cavanaugh was concerning his book Being Consumed, a book I have already read and reviewed here. But listening to …
No Tar, No Feathers, No Nothing
Suppose I had a very strange experience with some of my neighbors on two successive evenings. The first night a group of my neighbors showed up at my door with a bucket of tar and a bag of feathers, and they wanted me to join them as they headed down the block to find Murphy …
No “Trick My Truck” Campaign Bus
I have been pretty busy since the tea parties of last week, and haven’t had a chance to comment on them. And as my comments have been slow-cooking in this crock pot brain of mine, a few extra carrots have gotten thrown in. First some observations and then some editorializing. So I went to see …
Real Worship Music
Our Father and God, You have established Your Church as a royal priesthood in this world, and so we intercede for the nations of men now, confessing on their behalf so that the grace of Your forgiveness will soon be extended to them all. Father, as we read these words of confession from the prophet …