I saw an insightful cartoon a number of years back. Somebody was done up flamboyantly -- I forget how, whatever was outré the year of the cartoon -- and walked past a mother with her children at the mall. The mother, ever mindful of good manners, corrected her children earnestly. … [Read more...]
Not Counting the Barnacles
Okay, I am a Protestant. I get that. This is why I believe there are many things wrong with the papacy, and that is not even counting the barnacles. But hope springs eternal, and every time a new pope is selected, a lot of people -- including Protestants who should know better -- … [Read more...]
Nun of That
"We might think of these widows as Protestant nuns. As best as I can make out, the early church enrolled widows (of a certain character) who were over the age of sixty, and the church expected ministerial service from them. If they departed from this service into idleness, it was … [Read more...]
To Curvet and Simper in the Pulpit
The sodomy challenge -- and all related sexuality challenges -- present us with a glorious opportunity. It is a glorious opportunity that the Spirit has cleverly disguised as a real hazard to our future comfort and well-being. For the gospel is a troublemaker. Let me explain … [Read more...]
Please Pass This One Around . . .
http://youtu.be/vdYPjpl5pI0 You old Kansas fans might recognize the voice. … [Read more...]
Sign of Authority
"At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore" (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #128 “For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels” (1 Cor. 11: 10). The last part of this verse is obscure to us, and has generated a good bit … [Read more...]
Feeding the Cockroaches
"Feeding the cockroaches is not a good long-term strategy, even if they spend most of their time out of sight behind and under the cupboards. Keep short accounts, and time will have no chance to amplify your (initially small) sins" (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 133). … [Read more...]
Treacle, Dreck, and Schlock
As the fellow said, one of things we learn from history is that we don't learn from history. And this was true on its own terms, back in the day when when history stayed more or less the same. How much more is it the case when we have seen a transformation of history in terms of … [Read more...]
A Five Gallon Bucket of Lamesauce
In my previous post, I said that the great idol of modernity is the state. One perceptive reader on Facebook suggested that rather we should think of the great idol as being that of the individual self -- freedom and liberty for me, me, me. I don't know how to link to a … [Read more...]
One of Those Walk-the-Children-Around-the-Pole-Ponies
I haven't done any skylarking about global warming in a while, so let me have a bit of fun in my opening paragraph. Then, after that, I will sober up a bit, and move on to my more serious point, which I do, in fact, have. In 2007, serious scientists were predicting that the … [Read more...]
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