A guilty man is immensely vulnerable, even impotent. The man who feels guilt has no stable ground to stand on when he is challenged; he is weak, crumpled up in the corner, like a tripod with one bum leg. Even
The PCA’s interim report sort-of-on Christian Nationalism places a strong emphasis on the ‘spirituality’ of the church. The church, it avers, ought not to make “pronouncements on specific questions of political arrangement or policy that go beyond the clear teaching
Carl Benjamin’s article in Islander VI is insightful and well worth your time. Benjamin draws out an aspect of Saruman and his effect on the Shire which is highly relevant to the state we find ourselves in, here in the
Islander VI opens with some introductory words, two pages of correspondence, and an article on Samwise Gamgee. Now, that article on Gamgee I won’t object to, except to say that Frodo must not be forgotten in admiring Samwise (saying this
Battacharya’s article (see Part One) pushes a policy of governmental interference, which is a bad direction, though I applaud his acumen in addressing the public. His view of how science can be fostered, however, is the real problem. Without recognizing
Science is a crucial part of modern religiosity. By science, man proposes to conquer the world; by science, man proposes to achieve at least longevity and perhaps immortality; by science man claims to have dismissed the illusion of God. So
The churches of the West are fundamentally compromised not by doctrine but by motive. Many a church has basically serviceable doctrine. They know their soteriology to the point of salvation and farther. They are perfectly orthodox on God’s nature. But
Many a Christian- man, woman, father, mother, family- comes to the church in hopes of finding community. Then, all too often, he finds that while the church is friendly and despite all potlucks and after-Sabbath suppers, he never gets past
Humor is all sorts of stuff, all sorts of drama. Much of humor has not much of a point besides the joke itself. Anecdotes can be pointed, but just as often as not they’re pointless, just scenarios running of stereotypes
I am, as I’ve probably made sufficiently clear, a theonomist. I am also a Presbyterian, whatever my quarrels with certain parts of the tradition may be. I can offer only slightly-qualified endorsement to the 1788 Westminster Confession of Faith. But,