Just Knock
Long File of Days
“Bold Beowulf spoke brief words through his hurt,
His fatal wound that felled. He full well knew
His joy was justly departing; he was joining his fathers,
He had finished his long file of fleeting days,
His day of doom upon him, his death was approaching”
Called to Combat
“Now that eager young warrior,
With his lord and leader, was a lieutenant strong,
And was called to combat, the collision of true battle”
The Empathy Wars
Introduction: Well, that mustache for starters . . . In a somewhat odd turn of events, a controversy has recently broken out over the relative merits of sympathy and empathy. But if you drill ...
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Where Was I?
“Meandering through a message is not only hard to follow, it can give the impression that the subject is not significant and that the preaching event is not critical”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 209
A Worthy Mind
“One single retainer
Felt the sorrows of sympathy—that sign of true kinship
Will not wester or waver in a worthy mind”
At Least I Don’t Answer Your Letters With Drones
Letter to the Editor: This article challenges my Christian Libertarianism. Thank you. Nevertheless, as a Christian first and Libertarian somewhere probably around 5th or so, I've qualified ...
Coiled Cruelty
“The bold lord Beowulf braved the onslaught,
While that coiled cruelty with cold courage
Was flared for the fight”
Liberty Redefined
Introduction: Some years ago, Ron Paul wrote a book entitled Liberty Defined. Glancing over the topics he addresses, it might have been better called Liberty Described, because the bulk of the book works through various topics like conscription, and surveillance, and monetary policy—all the kind of topics where libertarians and conservatives might easily find common …
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Beneath Cliffs of Deep Gray
“His cry was courageous, clear, beneath cliffs of deep gray.
The dragon in the deep heard human danger approach,
And his rage unwrapped, erupting in violence,
No pact of peace here. That pestilent worm
Came out of the cave to conquer a man”