The word apalgeo is used only once in the New Testament, and it means to be past feeling. Paul uses the word to describe what happens to the consciences who walk in this world without God — “who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But ye …
Ah, for a Vertebrate Ministry!
“This suspicion is born of want of fidelity in ministers. I saw, just now, outside the shop of a marine-store dealer, a placard which runs thus: ‘Fifty tons of bones wanted.’ ‘Yes,’ I said to myself, ‘mostly backbones.’ Fifty tons of them! I could indicate a place where they could take fifty tons, and not …
The Great Eye Machines
“The visual element of romanticism is highly significant because it would later find its way into the great eye machines of the twentieth century—cinema and television. It would also lay the foundation for existentialism, the forerunner of postmodernism” (Arthur Hunt, The Vanishing Word, p. 120).
Echoed Disrespect
“The disrespect that children have for their fathers in this area [courtship] is really just an echo of the disrespect that fathers have of their own office” (Her Hand in Marriage, pp. 31-32).
And Another Thing . . .
I mentioned a week or two ago that I was interviewed for the Moody radio network with reference to the debate book with Christopher Hitchens. We recorded some short segments to be aired over the course of the week. I am being interviewed by Greg Wheatley on Prime Time America. The first installment (on politics) …
Get ‘Em While They’re Hotcakes
Some fun news this morning—when I checked the Amazon rankings, Is Christianity Good for the World? had broken the 10,000 barrier (9,652), which is something I think we should be able to deal with. But the reason for bringing it up is to remind you to get your copies from Barnes & Noble or Amazon. …
The Ironic Fairy of History
Oliver O’Donovan has just released a book that provides a classic illustration of why the moderate and progressive segments of the Anglican communion in the UK, Canada, and the US are all sick unto death. At the same time, he has done good work before this — in The Desire of Nations, for example. And …
Okay, Here’s the Deal
Okay, here’s the deal. My debate exchange with Christopher Hitchens has now been released in book form, but if you want it right away, I need to explain to you the best way to get it. We have ourselves what publishers consider to be a pleasant kind of problem. The book is published by Canon …
Late to the Party, As Usual
The Church of England, as usual, is late to the party. In a masterpiece of bad timing, when the intellectual establishment has finally been rocked back on its heels by serious questions about the viability of Darwinism, questions that won’t go away, and die-hard adherents of the Darwinian old-timey religion have had to resort to …
Chad Lester”s Shiner
I know that a number of you have been on the edge of your seats, wanting to find out exactly how Chad Lester got his black eye. Well, the chapter with that particular narrative in it has now been posted. Step right this way.