Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. In producing the other animals, God created the two sexes together; And the formation of the second is a singularity of the creation of man. How useful it was for …
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One of Donald Trump's promises to the Evangelical community--and one which he's gotten much enthusiasm about in return--is his promise to repeal the so-called "Johnson Amendment," the provision in the tax code which prohibits 503(c)3 tax-exempt organisations--and that includes churches--from explicitly endorsing candidates for public office. I say "explicitly" because churches on both sides of …
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This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. After forming man, God begins to make him feel what he is in the world by two memorable circumstances. One, he planted with his own hand a delicious garden called …
It's next to impossible to get anyone in this country to face up to it, but Zero Hedge has done it: As for Iran, the CIA admits that the U.S. overthrew the moderate, suit-and-tie-wearing, Democratically-elected prime minister of Iran in 1953. He was overthrown because he had nationalized Iran’s oil, which had previously been controlled …
That's what Snapchat's offering to the world: Investors are furious at Snap’s decision to deny them a say in running the company when the owner of message app Snapchat launches one of the US’s largest tech initial public offerings. A dozen of the US’s biggest pension funds have sent a letter of objection to Snap, …
The U.S. Senate, however, was unenthusiastic: The votes against Mr. Tillerson’s confirmation were the most in Senate history for a secretary of state, a reflection of Democratic unease with President Trump’s early foreign policy pronouncements that threaten to upend a multilateral approach that has guided United States presidents since World War II. I've said that …
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. Another admirable singularity of the creation of man: God forms him by His fingers "Let the earth produce grasses and plants. May the waters produce fish and birds. May the …
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. The dominion of God expressed in that of the soul over the body We spend all our lives in continual miracles that we do not even notice. I have a …
In the midst of the current upheaval, an interesting observation from Peter Salway's Roman Britain (Oxford History of England). In his discussion of the relationship between the Roman Emperor and his provincial governors, he says the following: It is easy to become so absorbed in the career of the hundreds of individuals whose appointments are …
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The Church of England takes a crack at it: A LONG-AWAITED report on lay leadership in the Church of England, published last week, has set out to “empower, liberate and disciple” the laity — not in churches, but in schools, workplaces, gyms, shops, fields, and factories. It is to be presented to the General Synod …
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