Cultural decline update 4/20/15
The corner turned by Dems in '72 have ramified to where the time for the Benedict Option is now.
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Wolf Hall Tolerance vignette Demolition’s so easy 1 Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons portrayed Thomas More as a liberal dissenter from state ideology, a man committed to individual conscience and...
View ArticleJe suis un hérétique
We are the bad guys of the sexual revolution. We are the heretics of our time: We forbid when it is forbidden to forbid.
View ArticleWednesday, 5/6/15
Ran out of room in my template without finding a theme, unless it's "seeking sanity in a world gone mad."
View ArticleTuesday, 5/12/15
Equality trumps liberty; Gotcha failure; High-protein coffee; HuffPo Gay Voices lie; PUCPA; How many legs?; Monastic or fundamentalist; Transvaluation of values again
View ArticleFriday, 5/15/15
Martyrdom, persecution, complicity, the non-observance of Christ's Ascension, a high-level Indiana RFRA post-mortem and, finally, beautiful music.
View ArticleAscension Day 2015
The 13-year-old atheist Priorities Pat fires back Noah pushes Rod for specifics David French’s Four Truths Yes, I said “Ascension Day.” Different liturgical calendar than most of American Christianity....
View ArticleWednesday, 5/27/15
A tidbit about Copernicus and heliocentrism followed by four more-or-less-Jeremiads.
View ArticleSaturday, 6/6/15
What's America's role in the world? The outcome when noisemakers allow dialogue to proceed? Christianity's future? Preaching's role in l'affaire "Caitlyn"?
View ArticleThe insoluble problem behind gay “marriage”
I’m in awe of Brendan O’Neil’s Spiked piece, The Trouble With Gay Marriage. At first, I thought I could add nothing, and truly I can’t add much bulk. But I think I can domesticate some of his examples,...
View ArticleTuesday, 6/23/15
Why the Charleston shooting haunts Authority and credibility Signs of bankruptcy Complete fools and their child props ABTD Get Cloak and stop taking dumb advice 1 I’ve been busy, and didn’t think much...
View ArticlePreliminary thoughts on the putsch
SCOTUS doubles down on dignity Justice Kennedy’s mish-mash American Samizdat Where from here for Churches? 1 I have no intention of “moving on to more important things.” Little is more important. You...
View ArticleSunday afternoon, 6/28/15
Modest contributions to the discussion on marriage in America now, plus three other items.
View ArticleTuesday, 6/30/15
On last week's OTHER big disappointment to many, some around (not on) the "marriage" decision, and the conceit of sola scriptura.
View ArticleWednesday, 7/1/15
Mere self suffices A lull in the action Just 6 little axioms explain it all The Cost of Discipleship: 50% off 1 In the heady days since Anthony Kennedy unearthed a constitutional right for Americans...
View ArticleCurating Obergefell Commentary
I've read and discarded the repetitive stuff, distilling and linking the good stuff here.
View ArticleThursday, 7/9/15
Two birds, one stone Our media’s obsessions Coming soon to a school near you! RFRA test case Symphonia is dead Bigger than miracles 1 In Kentucky, court clerk Casey Davis who objects on religious...
View ArticleFriday, 7/10/15
Art, faith, evolution and ... Obergefell. Always Obergefell. The folly that keeps on giving.
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