Introduction: I am currently enjoying Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony. One of the ways I evaluate a really good book is by looking at all of the thoughts it churns up in my head, ...
The Challenge of Puritan Yeast
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“My Kingdom is Not of This World,” Which Is Why We Were Instructed to Pray for it to Come
I owe John Piper more than I can possibly express, and so it is most necessary for me to preface any disagreement with him in terms of highest respect. And that is what I do here, right at the top, lest anyone miss it. § This is an odd kind of disagreement, because I actually …
Letters Answered from Pittsburgh
If the responses seem a little brief today, it is because I am on the road. Letter to the Editor: Girard’s insightful study on Job ( Job: The Victim of His People) is not what ...
Our Plantain Republic
Introduction: A plantain is a kind of banana cousin. It is larger in size, and it is significantly more starchy in consistency. Wise counsel would encourage you not try to consume any of them ...
Whom You Have Seen
“You give the last piece of pie to God, who doesn’t eat pie, by giving it to your neighbor, who does.”
Chesterton Calvinism, pp. 60-61
If History Dabbled in Ironies
Just a LIttle Zen
“We affirm a fundamental creational loyalty to the world, and constantly thwart the world’s desire to be disloyal to itself. This is why it is good to be earthy, and bad to be worldly.”
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 58
A Passive Aggressive Dragon, But a Dragon Nonetheless
“The pacifist who doesn’t want to fight the dragon for the sake of the lady is actually in the process of becoming a dragon himself.”
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 57
Probably a Connection
“There seems to be an inverse relationship between the number of footnotes that Chesterton uses and the number of footnotes he is in.”
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 55