Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Of all of Jesus Christ's post-resurrection appearances, this one is, in many ways, the most intriguing: Meanwhile Mary was standing close outside the tomb, weeping. Still weeping, she leant forward into the tomb, And perceived two angels clothed in white sitting there, where the body of Jesus had been lying, one where the head and …
Continue reading "After the Resurrection, Did Our Lord Need Purification?"
If I had to pick a favourite Bible verse or passage, it would be this: The bodies of those animals whose blood is brought by the High Priest into the Sanctuary, as an offering for sin, are burnt outside the camp. And so Jesus, also, to purify the People by his own blood, suffered outside …
Continue reading "The Meaning of Outside the Camp: A Good Friday Reflection"
Long-time readers of this blog will recall my brief history of the French engineer Barré de Saint-Venant.  I recently gave a more complete treatment of the topic at the Holy Spirit, Science, and Theological Education Conference at Regent University.  You can download the paper here.
This election cycle has been a wild one, and we're not even halfway through the primary season. Both parties are seeing broad-based revolts in their bases. The Democrat establishment has done a better job of managing the upheaval, because they did what the Republicans did not: pick one candidate and get behind her. Bernie Sanders …
Continue reading "If the Country Doesn't Make It, Will You?"
Epoch VII EG100 (1974) "The old folk Mass" has become the phrase used by teary-eyed, nostalgic Catholics (and some who left the Church) for the liturgical events of the 1960's and 1970's, when the organ gathered dust and the guitars--six and twelve string--were unpacked for the celebration of the sacred mysteries. But was it really …
Liturgical Press 11468 (1968) This "pre-NOM" album (which means we've had one and a half liturgical upheavals since then) is, despite its pretentious title, a mixture of a children's' album and early Catholic folk. Or maybe the pretentious title is reasonable: children are the future, something that the dropping birth rate of the time tended …
Such was the case in the late Roman Empire, by no less of a personage than Pope Siricius. Writing to the bishops in North Africa, he gave eight reasons why a person should not be consecrated to the priesthood, saying that "if after the remission of sins (baptism) he (the candidate for the priesthood) takes …
Continue reading "When Public Servants Were Barred from Being Priests"
One of the things that some of the major Anglican blogs will throw out from time to time is the question of what their readers/commenters are reading on the side when they're not keeping up with the latest Anglican debacle (like the recent Primates' Meeting.)Â Through the Christmas holidays, while waiting for some long runs …
Continue reading "Some Thoughts on Bossuet's History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches"
The flap over Wheaton's process to dismiss Larycia Hawkins from her position makes me stop and think about a few things, especially since I am beginning yet another semester of teaching Civil Engineering at UTC. Lord willing, sometime this year I will complete my PhD pursuit. It's been a long process, not without excitement; hopefully …
Sure looks that way, at least for the organisers of Urbana15: In an op-ed published on Monday, Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life (SFL), revealed the Urbana15 team denied her group’s exhibitor application. SFL received an email from Urbana’s Exhibits Manager thanking the pro-life youth organization for applying, but denied their application because, "… …
Continue reading "Evangelicals Having "Buyers Remorse" on Being Pro-Life?"
