Theology That Bites Back
We had a grand time this November, one that lapped last November. Not only that, but it actually lapped all the previous Novembers put together. The most telling metric would be all the giveaways. My little Mablog Shoppe is something of a little putt putt operation, but last year we were able to give away …
Welcome to the eighth iteration of No Quarter November. This is NQN, the Ocho. First, let me share the thing you are probably most interested in—the video. None of my beard hairs were harmed in the making of this thing, which was naturally a concern of yours, and we thought it got the message across …
So, as is our custom, we wanted to share with you how NQN 2024 went from our perspective. We know that you guys had a lot of fun out there, but feel compelled to tell you that we also . . . had a blast. But we want to do more than just say “it …
Introduction: So this post is the last post of NQN 2024, and as the calendar would have it, it is also the day just before Thanksgiving. In the spirit of both Thanksgiving and NQN, I intend to write ...
We have no intention of revealing how this interview came to be in our possession. To do so would give too much away about our sources and methods. At the same time, we can fully vouch for the soundness ...
Introduction: Not only did it not have to be this way, it certainly won’t be. So that part of it is a relief anyway. Back when I was a kid at home, periodic wrestling matches would break out in the living room. There were various wrestlers involved at different times, but one of the things …
Introduction: One of the great characteristics of modern Reformed preaching and teaching is that there appears to be a deep and abiding aversion to making any concrete applications. Sometimes various things are decorated as though they might be a matter of possible application, but this is illusory, like a heat shimmer off a highway in …
"Oh, what a tangled web we weaveWhen first we practice to deceive . . ." Sir Walter Scott Introduction: How it started . . . This famous summary ...
Introduction: Okay, so this was much less of an ordinary election, and much more like a richly deserved paddy-wonking. There are many aspects of this gaudy thing that need to be analyzed with loud hoots of joy, along with some aspects that need to be given the Burkean stink eye. So here goes. I have …
Introduction: A few years ago, Joe Rigney caused something of a stir when we recorded an episode of Man Rampant together in which he made a crucial distinction between sympathy and empathy. We might call the latter “untethered and toxic empathy” for short. Sympathy is simply fellow feeling, and we have good New Testament examples …
