Some thoughts from St. Nicolai Velemirovic on “bodily sin:” Continue reading ““Deliver my soul””
Category: Faith & Ideology
Is Christianity “a Religion”?
I know the title question will produce “Well, duuuuuh!” from some quarters, but I’ve heard it argued on and off for years that Christianity is not a religion. Yesterday, I read something that seems to frame the question differently. I frame the question as I do because what I read so framed it by calling Christianity “the end of religion.” Continue reading “Is Christianity “a Religion”?”
PGPP from an Evangelical
There’s a Pretty Good Political Peptalk for Christian political crash-and-burn victims like me at Townhall.com from an unexpected quarter: Marvin Olasky. Continue reading “PGPP from an Evangelical”
Thoughts about privacy, “outing” and Joe Sobran
Two men, separated by 46 years in age, died this week. Of Tyler Clementi, 18, I knew nothing, but it appears that we’ll all know much, some of it perhaps true, before long. Of Joseph Sobran, 64, I was at one time an ardent admirer, “clipping” some 200+ of his columns, articles and book(s).
Between the shy, gay lad and the curmudgeonly 64-year-old paleoconservative-turned-anarchist, there’s a theme I think worth sharing.
Continue reading “Thoughts about privacy, “outing” and Joe Sobran”
An Old Man’s Prayer
It’s hard to know sometimes whether I’ve forsaken my sins or some of them have forsaken me. Continue reading “An Old Man’s Prayer”
Introvert
Six times per year I get an e-mail that make my little ole heart go pitter-pat, pitter pat: the latest issue of Mars Hill Audio Journal is available for downloading. Continue reading “Introvert”
Westminster vs. The Fathers
The most familiar Calvinist synopsis in the U.S. probably is the Westminster Catechism, a product of British Calvinism. Having been an ardent Calvinist for 20 years, I nevertheless was stunned this morning to see how stark is the contrast between the “let’s keep God at arms’ length” approach of Calvinism and the radical teaching of the Fathers.
Where and how to fight
It is not as important to slay your enemy outside the city as it is not to let him into the city. Continue reading “Where and how to fight”
Jim Wallis struts and preens
Jim Wallis, head of Sojourners and longtime Religious Left leader, has a very revealing column in the Washington Post about the “behind the scenes” scrambling to avert last weekend’s scheduled Koran-burning. What it reveals mostly is his self-importance Continue reading “Jim Wallis struts and preens”
The paradoxes of knowing God
“You cannot know God – but you have to know Him to know that.” Fr. Thomas Hopko.
“The God whom we seek to know is not the same thing as the “God of our understanding,” much less the God of our imagination. Knowing God is eternal life (now and always).”
