The Butterfly’s Boots

I am continuing to work through Wright’s book, Surprised by Scripture, and so I now come to Chapter 3 — “Can a Scientist Believe in the Resurrection?” Look. This chapter was fantastico. Top drawer. First class. Stupendous. Marvelous. Top flight. Really cool. Fantabulous. This is how Wright deservedly got his high reputation. Am I overdoing …

And Now for a Little False Teaching . . .

We now proceed down the hallway to the second chapter of N.T. Wright’s book, Surprised By Scripture. The question posed here concerns whether we really need a historical Adam, and the answer, as far as I can make out, is no, probably not. At the end of his reasoning, Wright says, “I do not know …

Gautama and the Ant War

It has been a while, I might note, since I have worked through a book, chapter-by-chapter. Even though no one has been clamoring for it, they ought to have been, and so here I am with another one. The book I have selected was just released by HarperOne, and is N.T. Wright’s latest — Surprised …

Inviso-Bricks Unlimited

In Citizens United, the Supreme Court decided in effect that corporations didn’t have to be newspapers or networks in order to have First Amendments protections. This outraged the Left, which adores free speech if it involves stripping nekkid in a Manhattan theater, covering yourself with chocolate syrup and sprinkles, the better to facilitate one’s very …