Central to Christian anthropology stands the question of man’s basic nature. Is he spirit? Is he flesh? Is he both? Is he more truly one or the other? The answer to this question will echo across theology, from Christology and
I’ve no familiarity at all with the work of Wyndham Lewis, this article’s partial subject, or Dr. Gilfedder, its author, and my knowledge of Shakespeare is small. men against darkness, published in Islander #5 doubtless possesses certain interests for the
Preachifying is a discipline prosecuted across the country on a regular basis. Some of its practitioners take it as an opportunity for blasphemy. Some restrain themselves to mere heresy. A few have a higher standard; they make an effort to,
I have read a fair amount of Gordon Clark, and because I agree with him as a rule, I very much enjoy disagreeing with him when he is wrong: his errors are generally intelligent and notable (see this article for
‘Ignorance of the law is no excuse.’ So say the legal textbooks, the judge’s rulings, and all the cavalcade of legal orthodoxy. Yet on the face of it, this seems unjust. How can I be accountable to a law I
This is part of a mixed series between my Substack and this website, complete with a jumbled posting order. Go here for the first in the series (I, II). The next article in Islander #5 is an intriguing argument by
Perhaps it is strange that I, a Tennessean and an American, should write my first candidate-specific political article on a British politician like Rupert Lowe. At any rate, I’ve been following British politics for a while now, seeing their tailspin
Last week’s introduction to this 4-part series1 focused on Iserbyt’s main thesis: the morphing of the American education system, particularly its governmental elements, into a Behaviorist, input-output system designed to produce people that react rather than think. Today, we’ll go
Sometimes a book recommendation sits un-followed for months before you get to it. Sometimes, five minutes after registering it, you find out that the PDF is offered by the author’s website, for free (which is good, because the print version
What is free will? The words ‘Free will’ can start a firefight. As with most ideas of great controversy, it has nearly as many definitions as its controversy has contenders. Calvinists have one definition, Arminians another, other Calvinists a third,