- Pat Robertson, clownish heretic.
- Abolish the Department of Education, British edition.
- The Loathsome Party.
- So: Do You Believe in Evolution?
- Imam Ali.
- A More Nuanced Political Survey.
Category: Worship
Tasty Tidbits, 7/29/11
- Not dorky, but banal.
- No honest line of argument?
- Bad, bad, bad! That’s why!
- The new economy.
- Rick Perry follows the script.
- Quaker, Calvary Chapel, Vineyard, Calvary Chapel, Orthodox.
- Anniversaries.
- Simulating a good time.
Tasty Tidbits 7/12/11
Today’s Tidbits:
- You know it was a great vacation when …
- Pro Urbanism, Anti-sprawl.
- If there’s no solution, there’s no problem.
- Messages from beyond the grave.
- The Faith Never Delivered to the Saints.
Tasty Tidbit Sabbath
(1) Slow down fast and (2) remember the invisible ones.
7-Point Program from the Brink of Insanity
I was going to post this (with a gloating wrapper) at 00:01 on 5/22/11, the day after the end of the world. But the discussion has heated up beyond my expectation, and I don’t want to wait. Continue reading “7-Point Program from the Brink of Insanity”
“Fundamentalism”
I more or less interchangeably refer to myself, in this blog and elsewhere, as having grown up “evangelical” or “fundamentalist.” But I don’t know if I’ve ever paused to try to describe what I mean, let alone make a focused effort at that. Continue reading ““Fundamentalism””
Catholicism versus Orthodoxy
A former Calvinist convert to Eastern Orthodox, I nevertheless have for 13 years tried to give Roman Catholicism its due. But having just finished Scott Hahn’s book Rome Sweet Home, where he dismisses Orthodoxy fairly perfunctorily, I rise in brief defense, letting chips fall where they may. Continue reading “Catholicism versus Orthodoxy”
Hymns from the Matins of Nativity
All the hymns of the Orthodox Church are remarkably rich theologically, especially in paradox and in typology. Rarely does one get the sense that the hymnographer is trying directly to play on the hearer’s emotions; any emotional “uplift” comes from contemplation of the holy mysteries evoked by the hymns.
Arose .. and worshiped
So David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of God and worshiped Him.
II Kingdoms 13:5 (Septuagint; II Samuel 13:5 in KJV and others) Continue reading “Arose .. and worshiped”
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