This is archived under "Book Review" but it is not really a book review proper. It is more of a statement. Last April I finished reading a short book by David Bentley Hart called The Doors of the Sea, a theological reaction to the Asian tsunami. In my short book log review, I … [Read more...]
Adversarial Fathers
When a son is out of control, this is because the parents have often made the mistake of slipping into an adversarial role, instead of what they ought to be occupying, which is a watchful and parental role. The first unfortunate step in becoming an adversary to your child is … [Read more...]
Getting Back to “A and not A”
As I continue to reflect on the state of things in the UK, I wanted to post something that might be a tad provocative, and by this, I don't mean provocative to those who are currently agitating for the ordination of sea urchins, or whatever it is they are doing these days. Those … [Read more...]
Politicians or Prophets?
Continuing the important theme of reading and declaring God's judgments in history, here is an important argument for why Christians must recover an understanding of why it must be done. "But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, … [Read more...]
Rein In That Renegade
Reading the judgments of God is not something we have to learn how to do in the first place. In the first place, we have to understand what that means and what it does not mean. After that, we must learn to read the judgments of God. It is not the case that we live in a … [Read more...]
Because the World is a Story
A short time after 9-11 occurred, I had an online debate/discussion with Andrew Sandlin on the question of whether Christians can speak prophetically about the providential meaning of events in our own time. Of particular interest was the question of whether or not we can say … [Read more...]
Hold Your Pride Under
I said earlier that in your troubles with Jon, you needed to seek out someone who could help you, humble yourself and ask for that help. There is one other point that needs to made about this. If the answer to your problem were obvious to you, then Jon wouldn't be an out of … [Read more...]
Flipping Through the Yellow Pages
So your son is out of control, and you feel helpless. You don't know what to do. If you tell him to do something, and he doesn't want to, he throws down and there you are. He is defiant, says that he hates everybody, and you know the rest of the drill. And yet Scripture says … [Read more...]
A Barrier to Help
Over the years, I have seen many hard cases of difficult kids not effectively loved by their fathers. Because I don't see the problem disappearing, I thought I would post a series of short pointed exhortations to a dad who has a problem child. The child actually has a problem … [Read more...]
Prince Caspian
Nancy and I went to see Prince Caspian last night. We did this because, despite some annoyances, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe had not vandalized the book, and we had similar hopes here. Reviewing this movie is going to be be difficult, but if forced to give an overall … [Read more...]
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