So, when a light wind sprang up from the south, thinking that they had found their opportunity, they weighed anchor and kept along the coast of Crete, close in shore. But shortly afterwards a hurricane came down on us off the land--a north-easter, as it is called. The ship was caught by it and was …
The Debt Ceiling Debate is Rubbish
The current theatre riveting Washington these days is the debt ceiling "negotiation" between Barack Obama and the opposite of progress (otherwise known as Congress). But, as Felix Salmon (and others) point out, it may all be for nothing: Realistically, then, the government is likely to breach the current debt ceiling no matter what Congress agrees. …
My Fourth of July Tribute: Tragedy in a P-47
For the Fourth of July, when the U.S. celebrates its independence from the U.K., I have gone on at length about the importance of the Declaration of Independence as our true founding document. This year, however, I've picked something a little closer to home: the aviation service during World War II of my uncle, Don …
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Do not wonder if the world hates you: Epistle for the Second Sunday After Trinity
Salutary reminder for the times we live in: Do not wonder, Brothers, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed out of Death into Life, because we love our Brothers. The man who does not love remains in a state of Death. Every one who hates his Brother is a murderer; and …
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Month of Sundays: Sovereignty
They sent their disciples, with the Herodians, to say to him: “Teacher, we know that you are an honest man, and that you teach the way of God honestly, and are not afraid of any one; for you pay no regard to a man’s position. Tell us, then, what you think. Are we right in …
Legalising Legislative Deception: Judge Sutton and the Individual Mandate
Orin Kerr is proud of himself that Judge Jeffrey Sutton agrees with him on the individual mandate rulig: I think Judge Sutton’s separate opinion is excellent, but then it’s easy for me to say: Judge Sutton’s views closely match what I’ve been saying here and elsewhere for a long time, so maybe this just proves …
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Taking Evangelicals on a "Wild Goose Chase"
That's what they're hoping to do at least: The Wild Goose Festival, an ongoing four-day revival camp in North Carolina featuring music, yoga, liberal talk and embracing of gays and lesbians, is facing heat from evangelicals who say it is aimed at selling gnostic beliefs to the youth. “Most Religious Left groups that advocated leftist …
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Book Review: Peoples of the New Testament World: An Illustrated Guide
One of the challenges of New Testament study at any level is simply putting ourselves--and the events and people depicted therein--into the world in which they actually happened and lived. The Greco-Roman and Jewish world at the turn of the first millennium has many features that are on their face unfamiliar to us, yet are …
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Have Pentecostals (and Others) Got the Idea of the Calling to Ministry Backwards?
In his interesting study as to why Church of England women ministers tend to be older than their male counterparts, the Ugley Vicar makes a very profound observation: But this then raises a question in my mind, which has actually been there for some time, as to whether we have really got it right when …
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Month of Sundays: Servanthood
No, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to take the first place among you, must be your slave; Just as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. (Matthew 20:27-28) The disciples were …
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