Theology That Bites Back
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 …
Introduction: Everything is in a bad way, by which we mean in a horrendous way, and everybody knows it. But the reason everything is in such a bad way is not a matter of misfortune or bad luck. ...
Introduction: Welcome to NQN VII. Kind of like Super Bowl VII, but without the Redskins or Dolphins. You know the rules. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA9mJWbmmo8 It is generally accepted ...
Introduction: It has become our custom—and why shouldn't it have become our custom?—to review the month of November once we turn the page of the calendar, and all the pieces have fallen out ...
Introduction: It is commonplace for traditionalists to describe the well-balanced life as built on the foundation stones of truth, goodness, and beauty. This structural support seems intuitive ...
Introduction: In the aftermath of our blowout holidays, it is not uncommon to survey something of a culinary debris field—half-finished pies, cold turkey, a measuring cup full of gravy, half ...
