Theology That Bites Back
Introduction: Echoing a piece from The Atlantic last fall, Christianity Today has published an appeal to evangelicals, asking them to extend grace to one another over the hard decisions that were made during the COVID emergency. Now that the state of emergency is over and done, we should be able to look back, reflect on …
“He rose from the dead in this world in order to redeem everything about it, beer and bacon included.”
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 39
So, due to the fact that I was off on vacation for some time, the mound of letters to go through got a bit bigger, and the time available for going through them is the same. That means the selection ...
“At the end of the day, refined hedonism just creates snobs. Sure, they don’t find their pleasures in carousing, snorting cocaine, chasing skirts, and whatnot, but rather in taking a stroll through a miniature Japanese garden on a pleasant summer evening, in order to contemplate geometric proofs and chess moves of a higher order. And they are insufferable.”
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 39
Introduction : Why are there no climate change protests in China? The answer is pretty easy when you think about it for a moment or two. They are unnecessary there because China is already communist. Why are there no Black Lives Matters marches in China? Because they are already communist. Why is their society not riven …
Chesterton “fought unbelief effectively, but he always fought like a cavalier and never like a thug with a wart on his nose.”
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 35
“If the humility does not end in gladness and triumph, then the humility did not begin (really) in humility at all. Humility submits, and therefore does not insist on groveling permanently.”
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 34
“But whenever God delivers His people in any remarkable way, as the years go by, whatever new wineskin was involved in it will turn gradually into an old wineskin.”
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 32
