One Eternal Day

I usually describe my theological position as "orthodox" rather than evangelical partly because of the political associations the ...

I often foolishly read comments that I know will annoy me. I almost always refrain from commenting myself. About online behavior : Like you,...

A recent article at Mere Orthodoxy describes the results of a "Pew Religious Landscape Survey" on American beliefs about evoluti...

This post from some time ago has recently reappeared in the "popular posts" section of this blog. I appreciate the reminder, espec...

I have commented before about historical novels I have enjoyed. I dislike those that take liberties with what is actually known about real p...

Re-posted: Philip Jenkins on why we are certain March 1 was the day the patron saint of Wales died and why "death days" were s...

In the third book of his science fiction trilogy, C.S, Lewis converted his thesis from The Abolition of Man into a novel: In 1945, C.S. Le...

The most recent Five Books interview is about the "best books" about the sinking of the  Titanic . One of the selections is A Nig...

Former Senator Ben Sasse is dying of cancer. Today at Mere Orthodox y, I found this quotation from an interview . Ben Sasse: ...[A] lot is b...

A blogger I once f ollowed thought this a good hymn for Ash Wednesday,  "Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy" ( Joseph Hart , 1759):...

Robert Duvall has died.  He was a great actor and was in several of my favorite films. Some years ago, at the beginning of Lent, John Nolte ...

Ten years after his death, why Scalia's influence remains strong, and likely will continue: Scalia was not just a judge but a philosoph...

On the anniversary of his birth:   Lincoln, age 28, in 1844: from the Lyceum Address delivered in Springfield: .... If destruction be ou...

Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, The produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be...

From Augustine, "Exposition on Psalm 148": The subject of our meditation in this present life should be the praises of God; for th...

I very much enjoyed "Divided by a Common Language," about the differences between American and British English. Bryan A. Garner c...

Again, from the current issue of National Review , Charles C.W. Cooke, an immigrant,  responds to Vivek Ramaswamy 's definition of what ...

National Review 's March edition recognizes the 250 th anniversary of America's Independence with some pretty good essays. From Mar...

I grew up attending worship in a sanctuary built during the Great Depression . It replaced a building that burned down one Sabbath morning i...

From Gordon S. Wood's "The Five Greatest Words in the Declaration" : In the Declaration of Independence , the 250 th annivers...