I follow the example of Scripture. The Fourth of July ought to be a Holy Day. Not just a holiday; a Holy Day. I don’t say this in observance of some civic religion that eventually boils down to statism; I
They are good are speaking by implication instead of honesty. The PCA has put out its ‘interim report’ on Christian Nationalism. Now, being both CN-adjacent and Reformed, as well as currently attending a PCA church, I have an interest in
In philosophy’s halls, relatively few provide reason to be remembered as artists, not just philosophers. Solomon, Plato, the author of Job, these have that distinction. The second half of the nineteenth century brought its own candidate: Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche, unlike
Yes, really. The debate over Fahrenheit or Celsius rages on and on; the only part we can all agree on is that, if it were legal, Fahrenheit would be better in Scrabble (23 point minimum without blanks, versus 9). So
About hiking. When I go hiking, I like best of all: trees, rocks, and hills. Of these three, my favorite alone is the rock; a bare hill is only so much of a hummock, while a bare tree can possess
Beowulf is a poem famous for, among other distinctions, having no faithful film adaptations—famous, also, for its connection to J.R.R. Tolkien, who both revolutionized the Beowulf scholarship of his day and incorporated copious influences from it into his little-known The
What is realistic? Many a story is alleged by those who read it to be ‘unrealistic,’ for all sorts of reasons. Some of these complaints are perfectly correct, in theory, if not always in application. Characters can strain past the
The art of writing lies in what you don’t write. The art of writing lies not just in what you write but in what you don’t write. Sometimes the ‘don’t write’ is a positive command, a moral injunction. Often, however,
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was far from a Christian. Yet The Second Coming expresses viciously and poignantly a point crucial for Christians to understand about the world we find ourselves in. Though hell-bound, Yeats was a poet of great skill.
Nowadays we have more cultural commentators than tubes of toothpaste, and too often the toothpaste is worth more of your time. The pressing question, if we want to stay up-to-date, is of how we evaluate these options and find the