“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?… Has it ever occurred to you, Winston, that by the year 2050, at the very latest, not a single human being will be alive … Continue reading →…

1. “When you win say nothing, when you lose say less.” – Paul Brown 2. “To forget is not to fail to remember. To forget is to break the power of the past by living for the future.” – Unknown 3.  “We all lose sight sometimes, but when we find our way again we are [...]

These are wise words: Where charity is not present, the command of the authority is bitter. But where charity exists, the one who commands does so with sweetness and the charity makes the very work to be almost no work … Continue reading →

1. You can lead a horse to water but if you want to get it to water ski you’re going to need really strong rope. 2. Faith will move mountains, if by faith you mean tectonic plates. 3. A nod’s as good as a wink to a disinterested female bartender 4. Laughter is the best [...]

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When Steven Seagal isn’t cast as a former CIA operative – which is infrequently –(in a movie featuring a plucky group of young ballerinas, he’d be cast as a former CIA op choreographer) he has shown incredible range, at least with respect to the air miles he’s logged testing the catering in Romania. He’s solemnly [...]

Dear Readers At first I was going to go into one of my “The world is going to hell in a hand-basket” rants, but after a bit of sober second thought, I really don’t know how to react to this story! I guess I will just have to decide for yourself, because I really don’t [...]

The last number of posts have dealt with the question of Charles Spurgeon’s old-earth theology, and how he doesn’t break with the Reformed mainstream by holding it, because there was no consensus among the Reformed on the issue. In fact, … Continue reading →

Charles Spurgeon wasn’t one to shy away from the shock-value of things he believed or practiced. The great Victorian preacher was noteworthy for his collection of wine, and his wont for smoking large cigars. When confronted on either of these … Continue reading →

"I would like to live like a poor man with lots of money"                             pablo picassoimagine you could be simple and pure, not weighed down by the negative effects…

This is a quote from Bob Letham’s book The Lord’s Supper where he summarizes Calvin’s view of the spiritual presence of Christ in the elements of the bread and wine: Christ does not come down to us in his body and … Continue reading →

BOOKS: PAPAL SIN AND LORD ACTON: “The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks” – Lord Acton I thought that the above quote from Lord Acton was the most …

BOOKS:PAPAL SIN AND LORD ACTON:”The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks”- Lord ActonI thought that the above quote from Lord Acton was the most appropriate for our tim…

Those who think that the danger of war is past are living in a fool’s paradise. We are faced today with militarism more powerful and more dangerous than that which brought on the World War. That is what the governments have accomplished! But among th…

As you can tell, I’ve been doing some study on Christianity and “social justice.” Tim Keller’s Generous Justice is very helpful. What I find really great are the quotes from some of my Reformed heroes like Edwards on helping the poor … Continue reading →

I’m reading Tim Keller’s convicting book Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just and am learning a lot about a balanced view of what is today called “social justice.” I’m finding that my experience with this book is a little … Continue reading →

There is a tendency to think that what we see in the present moment will continue. We forget how often we have been astonished by the sudden crumbling of institutions, by extraordinary changes in people’s thoughts, by unexpected eruptions of rebellion …

I began Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited last night and am now in the second chapter. I’ve only read Waugh’s Scoop, but enjoyed it and am looking forward to becoming ensconced in this one. Also, a friend whose literary tastes I … Continue reading →

"Being divorced is like being hit by a mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and the left"                              …

Googling one’s own name is sometimes called a “vanity search.” In my case, the practice calls for another name, since I can assure you the results are generally 10-1 ungratifying to vanity. Call it defensive Googling. But this morning it did yield a positive result, unearthing a line I’d written in 2008 that seems even [...]