“It has been like this since the eighteenth century when the old concept of the artist as craftsman began to be exchanged for a concept that saw him as both a gifted genius and a social and economic outcast” (H.R. Rookmaaker, Art Needs No Justification, p. 5).
Some Things Never Change
“[W]e cannot be ignorant that there is a generation of men who are vexed when they hear how near their brethren come to them by way of agreement. It serves more to their advantage to have the distance wide. They would keep open the wounds, yea, widen them” (Burroughs, Irenicum, p. 61).
And It Figures
One of the most obvious characteristics of our relativistic, postmodern times is a schizophrenic approach to different kinds of authority. The radical individualism pioneered by modernity, and carried on by its sham-alternative, postmodernity, is an individualism that reacts violently to all forms of godly authority, and capitulates immediately in the face of brow-beated bluster. Relativism …
A Black and Tan Conversation
For anyone who is interested, I will be discussing Black and Tan with anyone who shows up in the Canon Press cyber cafe on Thursday, February 8th. The time will be 7:30-8:30 pm PST (10:30-11:30 EST). Please realize that you will have to be a registered member of theCafe before February 8th in order to …
Covenant Radio
I was interviewed yesterday by Covenant Radio on the subject of, you guessed it, the federal vision. You can take a listen here.
The Duty to Fight the Infidel
“In fact, there are at least 109 identifiable war verses in the Koran. One out of every 55 verses in the Koran is a war verse” (Don Richardson, Secrets of the Koran, p. 28).
When Experts Aren’t
“I will not say that a good story for children could never be written by someone in the Ministry of Education, for all things are possible. But I should lay very long odds against it” (C.S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds, p. 34).
Devil in the Will
“If a man is proud and turbulent in his carriage, by that you may know the devil is rather in the will than in the conscience. Though an erroneous conscience may cause one to hold fast an error, yet it does not cause proud, scornful, turbulent behavior” (Burroughs, Irenicum, p. 45).
The Christian Protection of Women
“The difference in the position of women was indeed one of the most striking contrasts between Christian and Muslim practice, and is mentioned by almost all travelers in both directions. Christianity, of all churches and denominations, prohibits polygamy and concubinage. Islam, like most other non-Christian communities, permits both . . . The status of women, …
Don’t Staple the Moral Onto the Last Paragraph
“Anyone who can write a children’s story without a moral, had better do so: that is, if he is going to write children’s stories at all. The only moral that is of any value is that which arises inevitably from the whole cast of the author’s mind” (C.S. Lewis, Of Other Worlds, p. 33).