Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
To Christ we ascribe both working of wonders and suffering of pains, we use concerning him speeches as well of humility as of divine glory, but the one we apply unto that nature which he took of the Virgin Mary, the other to that which was in the beginning. (V, 53, i) If therefore it […] …
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An intriguing (and sensible) suggestion from Trevor Gervase Jalland's The Church and the Papacy: Though there are, as we believe, adequate grounds for rejecting the view that Clement formally identifies episcopi with presbyters, yet in the face of this evidence it appears equally impossible to deny that he refers to the episcopate in a way …
Readers of this blog will know that my family goes back a long way visiting the Bahamas in general and the Abaco Islands in particular. We had some exciting times, almost sending our ship to the bottom and riding out a storm. This beautiful paradise, which looked like this when we visited: Now looks like […] …
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This is the sixth journey of Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries, the elevations are as follows: All men in one man. First foundation of God’s justice in original sin. The father rewarded and punished in children, second foundation of God’s righteousness in original sin. The original justice of which Adam was deprived for himself and […] …
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For some reason, I've suddenly become the defender of things and people Anglo-Catholic. I've always been ambivalent about Anglo-Catholicism, from the "unEnglish and unmanly" aspect to their implicit lack of confidence in their own sacraments.  I think what's changed is the fact that I find myself locking horns with Reformed types both inside and outside …
Originally posted on Why Evolution Is True: I’ve written a fair bit about accusations of cultural appropriation, and I do so for several reasons. First, these accusations are almost always totally misguided, mistaking admiring imitation for bigotry and theft. Second, they clearly show the folly of the Authoritarian Left, both its virtue-flaunting and its adoption… via …
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Received this comment on my YouTube posting of the Word of God's New Life album: I am so grateful that you put this up. I honestly wept when I listened to it. I was all of 10 years old when I first heard this. I make no comments about the excellence of the music (it's …
Most of you who stop by here regularly know that I am a big fan of Grady McWhiney's "Celtic South" idea. That adherence didn't come from theoretical considerations, but from hard experience. Some people characterize McWhiney's thesis as a form of "white supremacy," but that only shows the decline of reading comprehension among Americans. I …
What about ‘defeated’ or ‘broken’ Christians; is there even such a category? I want to briefly touch upon this, because I see it as a real and present question that continues to confront us in the broader evangelical church. With the departure of Josh Harris, and now one of the lead writers for Hillsong music, […] …
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