โBut reason is an eyeball, and not a source of light. God created us with a faculty for rational weighing and sifting of evidence so that we could submit to light from outside. Every form of religion and secularism that tries to make the eyeball shed light is therefore doomed to failureโ (Papa Donโt Pope, …
Governor Northam and the Death Chick
The meltdown that is Democratic Party politics continues apace. So what happened this last weekโfueled in large measure, as you all have no doubt surmised, by Trump Derangement Syndromeโwas something like this. In anticipation of Trump possibly getting a third Supreme Court appointment in his first term, certain states like New York and Virginia have …
Book of the Month/February 2019
The Abolition of Man: Okay, I should probably acknowledge something right at the front end of this short review. And that is that I have read The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis at least nine times, and I have quoted from it times without number. It is one of my โgo toโ books, and …
A Word to Those Divisive Others
โโBrethren! These divisions are disgraceful! Our proposal for eliminating them is for everyone to stop being obstinate and join us!โโ (Papa Donโt Pope, p. 54).
Distance Learning Across the Centuries๏ปฟ
Introduction: We have now stumbled into our third in a series of four lectures, I trust somewhat happily. The first was entitled An Inescapable Burden of Glory, as you no doubt recall, and it addressed the necessity that God has placed upon all of us, and within each of usโthat of seeking glory somehow, somewhere. …
The Central Difficulty
The Kingdom is a Fleet
โThe day is coming when certain Christian communions, bobbing around in their own little boat, will stop claiming that the water exists for their boat onlyโ (Papa Donโt Pope, p. 53).
Messy Kingdom
โJesus never gives us any image of the growth of His kingdom throughout the world that would ever make us think of the phrase โnice and tidy.โ The kingdom of God is like a dragnet that brings in all kinds of fish, beer bottles, and a bicycle tireโ (Papa Donโt Pope, p. 52).
Baptismal Succession
โChristian baptism is the inundation of the world and, like the water flowing over the threshold of Ezekielโs Temple, it only gets deeper and deeper as it goes. The farther we get away from the apostolic era, the wetter the world getsโ (Papa Donโt Pope, p. 51).
Whatโs Wrong With Human Rights?
As the prospective candidates for president are multiplying on the Left already, and as their competition with one another appears to be over which one can promise the most chocolate milk to everybody, absolutely free of charge, I thought it was time for a small tutorial, a refresher course. The most recent splash was made …