“Such wealth can rob wisdom, steal wit from mankind,
Might overcome anyone, all men are vulnerable,
However you hide it—heed this fair warning!”
Good Letters Prevent Truth Decay
Letter to the Editor: Having never heard of Jory Micah, I went to her website. She certainly seems to have a very high opinion of herself and expects others to as well. You might do well ...
Dawn Flier
“In the den of that drake, that ancient dawn-flier”
Jory Micah and the Hall of Lame
Introduction: https://twitter.com/douglaswils/status/1372604409306177538 There seems to be an odd impulse that follows any kind of mass shooting, and that is the impulse that some people have ...
Proud Provocations
“As prince of this people I provided just rule,
Fifty winters of favor. No fierce invader,
None, not one, from nations nearby
Would wage war on me, working their mischief,
Or proud provocations”
Just Knock
Long File of Days
“Bold Beowulf spoke brief words through his hurt,
His fatal wound that felled. He full well knew
His joy was justly departing; he was joining his fathers,
He had finished his long file of fleeting days,
His day of doom upon him, his death was approaching”
Called to Combat
“Now that eager young warrior,
With his lord and leader, was a lieutenant strong,
And was called to combat, the collision of true battle”
The Empathy Wars
Introduction: Well, that mustache for starters . . . In a somewhat odd turn of events, a controversy has recently broken out over the relative merits of sympathy and empathy. But if you drill ...
Where Was I?
“Meandering through a message is not only hard to follow, it can give the impression that the subject is not significant and that the preaching event is not critical”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 209