Dear Dawson, I think I have laid enough groundwork now. Let’s go back and do some post-game analysis of your break-up with Jan. Now keep in mind that some of this might sting a little bit, but that ...
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Nice Guys and Jerks
Well, Hey
“And even Chesterton, who takes shots at Calvinism every third chance he gets, cannot stay out of the truth. For example, in Orthodoxy he says, ‘Thus he has always believed there is such a thing as fate, but such a thing as free will also.’ Well, hey, and amen.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 104
New Letters for a New Year
Letter to the Editor: Regarding Hemingway and the 2020 setup, the big hole in your argument is that the GOP had a federal trifecta early on, and here in Georgia they still have a ...
Not Too Buttoned Up
“The writer of the Song of Solomon wrote some poetry that insinuated his sexual imagination into the sexual experience of other people, and these other people, the readers, were not married to him.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 127
An Election With More Rigging Than a Five-Masted Clipper Ship
Introduction I have written on this topic before, but the need continues. This is because presidential elections are not one-off historical events, like the Norman Conquest or the invention of the printing press. No, they are recurring events, and what you make room for in earlier elections will become standard in subsequent elections. If you …
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No Rivalry
“The beautiful words Naphtali speaks do not displace content-bearing words. A pearl necklace on a beautiful woman is not extraneous.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 125
A Lot Going On There
The Cart of Reformation is Pulled by Draft Horses
“Calvin preached from the New Testament on Lord’s Day mornings, the Psalms on Lord’s Day afternoons, and the Old Testament at 6 a.m. on one or two weekdays.”
Beeke, Reformed Preaching, p. 113
On a Special Mission
“This disclaimer even includes the true system of doctrine that, as we all know, the archangel Gabriel delivered in 1619 to the Synod of Dort.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 96
Because Proofs Bring Moral Obligation
“Evidential apologists for the Christian faith want arguments for Christianity; they do not want proofs. Like the Israelites outside Canaan, they don’t want to launch a campaign of total conquest.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 81