Dear visionaries, Don’t mean to quibble, but I wish that Linda would discontinue using that little tag at the bottom of her posts: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” Edmund Burke For as we know, Burke was a noted conservative extremist, one opposed to the …
Expensive Bread
GRACE & PEACE “At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 25 Those who are wealthy are in a position to afford various luxuries. They are also vulnerable to the temptation to not notice that they have access to these luxuries. As we have noted already, we are …
The Rudder of All Wisdom
James tells us that the one who can control his tongue can control anything (Jas. 3:2). He says in the same verse that we all offend in many ways. The clear implication is that none of us have full control of our speech-for if we did, we would not be offending in “many things” the …
Public Toplessness
Dear visionaries, In response to Erica, I was perfectly happy when we had no ordinance prohibiting toplessness. And I would be more than happy to go back there again. In fact, I would be delighted to propose that we ditch the ordinance. Will you all try to be tolerant and respectful of others this time? …
An Unnecessary Sabbath?
In our previous discussion, we noted that the fourth commandment has been controversial for Christians over the years. These controversies have not been manufactured out of whole cloth; an exegetical basis exists for the questions which arise around observance of the fourth commandment. There are two basic assumptions we must decide between first. One very …
Judge Not
Dear visionaries, Morning, everybody. How do? Just a quick comment on John’s comment that a “local private college system” has been in essence removed from the tax rolls. Not quite true. If he is referring to the college I think he is, part of the reason we organized as a trust instead of a tax-exempt …
Holding Science Loosely
GRACE & PEACE “At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 24 The findings of science (and research) should be held by us gratefully, and loosely. In other words, as has been discussed already, we should be profoundly thankful for all the blessings we have received. These blessings …
Pride and Prejudice
Inspired by Peter Leithart’s new (and very fine) book, Miniatures and Morals, I recently began reading through Jane Austen. I had read a few of them many years ago, and am not quite sure which ones. So this time I started with Sense and Sensibility, which was fun, and then on to Pride and Prejudice, …
Toplessness and Honor
Dear visionaries, Stan chides us for our attitudes toward the government schools. He said “my father and my grandfather have preached to me that Christian people do these things without expecting consideration in return. It is simply the way life should be.” I actually agree with this completely, as far as it goes, and would …
New Names
Dear visionaries, Michael responded to my offer about naming the government schools by saying, “No deal on my part! I propose that you continue to call schools that are governed by the community ‘government schools’ I will hence forth refer to your unregulated schools as ‘madrasa’s’ Deal?” To which I say: If the schools are …