A few days ago, I republished a post from a few years back on food allergies. This was mostly because I am still sorting things out in my new WordPress surroundings, and wanted to see how to repost something. Tinker with this, click on that, you know. A new commenter had just referenced that old …
The Red Light District of Euclidville
I have some random thoughts on some problems related to pornography. Porn constitutes a huge problem, but I have had an increasing and nagging suspicion that it is not the kind of problem that we tend to think. But before I begin, I want to anticipate and head off several slanders. The first is that …
Flatter My Heart, Three-Person’d God . . .
For many years I have taught that authority in a Christian home is to be found in Christ — not in the husband, not in the wife, and not in the two them together. The masculine perspective is not normative, and the feminine perspective is not normative. Both the husband and the wife are to …
Wide Phylactery Warehouse
Let us begin by making a distinction between white people and people struggling with their superabundance of whiteness. The former is a biological category, and is found in the children’s song about how Jesus loves the little children. This kind of white rhymes with “precious in His sight,” and is just part of the cost …
Why Chesterton Doesn’t Fit in Skinny Jeans
In my review of the The Truth About Organic Foods, I had occasion to quote Chesterton, and this raised an important question in the minds of some — where do I get off quoting Chesterton in the midst of a post that, for all intents and purposes, looked to some like a valiant attempt to …
On Refusing to Live in Pinkletown
A little while ago, a few weeks back, we had a discussion here in this space about my insistence on using um, flamboyant and non-PC language when discussing the homosex phenom. We had a good time in that discussion, but we weren’t done yet. Let me appear to change the subject for a minute. In …
Review: The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G.K. Chesterton My rating: 3 of 5 stars I always enjoy Chesterton, although his fiction is usually too much of a jumble for me. At the same time, there are magnificent lines, pearls mixed in with the peas.. View all my reviews
Review: Holy Communion in the Piety of the Reformed Church
Holy Communion in the Piety of the Reformed Church by Hughes Oliphant Old My rating: 5 of 5 stars Beginning with John Calvin, Hughes Oliphant Old offers this exhaustive treatment of “holy communion in the piety of the Reformed church.” Massive, scholarly, and devotional, this book is the real business. Over 800 pages, if it …
Review: Leepike Ridge
Leepike Ridge by N.D. Wilson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Just read again after a number of years. Really fun. View all my reviews
Review: The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You’ve Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson
The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You’ve Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson by David Barton My rating: 4 of 5 stars I decided I should read this because of my endorsement of Ted Cruz, and the association that Cruz has with Barton. I am going to be reading Throckmorton next, along with some of Barton’s …