One Eternal Day

"O’er all those wide extended plains / Shines one eternal day;
     "There God the Son forever reigns / And scatters night away."

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Lent V: That those who are called might receive

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WE beseech Thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon Thy people; that by Thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, b...
Friday, April 8, 2011

"Every year you grow..."

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The DVD of Voyage of the Dawn Treader arrived today and, having seen it for the first time, I can honestly say I enjoyed it. My expectatio...
Thursday, April 7, 2011

What are we saved from?

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Mark Galli, in "The Problem with Christus Victor," believes the model has value but that the way it is described today — as an al...

"There are lots of important things that are separate from science"

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The winner of the 2011 Templeton Prize is Martin Rees, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, who is described as a "theoretical astrop...
Monday, April 4, 2011

Giving the Middle Ages their due

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I don't have a copy at hand, but my recollection is that in the introduction to The Discarded Image C.S. Lewis devotes himself to disab...
Sunday, April 3, 2011

"For behold, the winter is past...."

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I have heard it said that Spring is a hazardous time for those inclined to depression, perhaps because optimism and hope can be so often das...

Power and idealism

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In the New York Times Henry Kissinger reviews Bismarck by Jonathan Steinberg. The review will interest anyone convinced that the study of ...
Saturday, April 2, 2011

"The fiction of reprobation"

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J. Mark Bertrand, in "Writing About Reprobation," argues that noir fiction fits the Christian view of human nature better than th...
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Lent IV: Have mercy upon us

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Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we, which for our evil deeds are worthily punished, by the comfort of Thy grace may mercifully be...
Friday, April 1, 2011

Are you blessed?

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"You know, these are yuppie words, happiness and unhappiness. It's not happiness or unhappiness, it's either blessed or unbless...

"In sure and certain hope"

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Mollie Hemingway, reacting to a Wall Street Journal article, "Putting the fun in funerals," about the increasing use of humor in...
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Thursday, March 31, 2011

"For reading and declaiming aloud"

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The celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible has occasioned many appreciations. This is the best...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

“What Would Jesus Want Me To Do?”

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Joe Carter offers "Six Thoughts About Jesus" , first observing: ...I rarely have fresh insights about Jesus (those are best left ...

The Christians of Egypt

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Peter Berger provides a fascinating short essay answering "Who are the Copts?" at his blog at The American Interest : .... Who a...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

"So it is written, so shall it be"

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I just finished watching the approximately four hours of the newly restored version of The Ten Commandments [Blu-ray], 1956 , with Charl...
Monday, March 28, 2011

"Very wicked indeed"

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From the very end of Evelyn Waugh's Scott-King's Modern Europe : Later the headmaster sent for Scott-King. "You know," h...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

Breeding

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Theodore Roosevelt has always been one of my favorite Presidents, admired for his character and many of his policies. But if I had known tha...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Useless counsel

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Although he has a lot of respect for John Piper, Chaplain Mike at Internet Monk reacted negatively to Piper's statement that when peopl...

Inclusivism

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PETA: Don't call animals 'it' : PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is calling for a more animal-friendly up...

Lent III: Purify my thoughts

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WE beseech Thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of Thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of Thy majesty, to be o...
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