December 2009
99 posts
The Christian Revelation →
An apologetics resource recommended by Alexander Pruss.
Horizontal Inequities in ObamaCare →
The Security Line Threat →
“Both the jayhawk and the man eat chickens, but the more jayhawks, the fewer...”
– Henry George
Experimental Theology: Why I Want to Go to Hell →
Yo Girl
[name withheld]: thats so sneaky
thats the joe porter style
im so upfront
like
' yo girl lemme skype you'
Experimental Theology: The Snake Handling Churches... →
Is our unwillingness to reconsider the canon terribly different?
Assorted Wisdom From My Male Friends
“but woman arent logical.
that is one thing i know”
“btu girls are crazy
that’s a fact
you can wikipedia that”
Drew: you need an inside girl
“I thought you were gay until you started talking to Chloe.”
– Jacqueline Nicole Porter
Underwear Bomber Illustrates Limit of “Do... →
“The nature of Christ’s salvation is woefully misrepresented by the...”
– Arthur Walkington Pink, Studies on Saving Faith
Willpower →
Huh.
Expatiate
expatiate \ek-SPAY-shee-ayt, intransitive verb: 1. To speak or write at length or in considerable detail. 2. To move about freely; to wander.
World Map of Remoteness vs. Connectedness (HT... →
“Tout en chantant sur le mode mineur
L’amour vainqueur et la vie opportune...”
– Paul-Marie Verlaine, Clair de lune
I Now Have FIFA 10
Joseph: So what is the dealio with 10?
Andrés: I am playing it right now!
SO AMAZING
Joseph: ON YOUR OWN 360?
Andrés: YESSIR.
Joseph: DUDE.
WE'LL NEVER BE PRODUCTIVE AGAIN.
Andrés: I KNOW.
Joseph: ALSO, WE'LL BE TWICE AS POPULAR.
Andrés: AT LEAST!
Joseph: DOUBLE WIN
Andrés: YESSSSSSSSSSS
Earth-Friendly Elements Are Mined Destructively →
Another sort of big deal.
Bob Murphy on Krugman →
Oh, Krugman.
Hauteur
hauteur \haw-TUR; (h)oh-, noun: 1. Haughty manner, spirit, or bearing; haughtiness; arrogance.
Embonpoint
embonpoint \ahn-bohn-PWAN, noun: 1. Plumpness of person; stoutness.
How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I... →
Sort of a big deal.
Chesterton on Christmas →
And another one, from Chesterton’s excellent The Everlasting Man:“No other story, no pagan legend or philosophical anecdote or historical event, does in fact affect any of us with that…
Lewis on Demons →
From the Postscript of The Screwtape Letters:“A belief in angels, whether good or evil, does not mean a belief in either as they are represented in art and literature. Devils are depicted with…
Selective Memory →
I like this guy.
Fish Tank Post: What Is the True Meaning of... →
Merry Christmas!
Review of Ehrman's Jesus Interrupted →
Can’t wait to investigate myself someday.
1 Corinthians 3 and Purgatory
The Catechism of the Catholic Church cites 1 Corinthians 3 in support of the doctrine of purgatory. (The relevant verses are vv. 10-15.)
I wonder what Paul is trying to say here. What’s interesting is that the two options presented are receiving a reward (v. 14) and being saved, “but only as one escaping through the flames” (v. 15).
Caroling Results
I went caroling with my mother and two friends in my neighborhood this evening.
1. Three people offered us money. A couple others offered us candy. My impression was they they thought we were caroling for charity or something. One lady ran down the street to find us, offered money, and said, “Can’t you just give it to children or something?” My mom awkwardly said no. (Love you,...
My Dad 2.0
Barbara: What am I gonna eat?
John: Eat your house.
My Dad
John [referring to the gingerbread house]: What do we do with it?
Clinquant
clinquant \KLING-kunt, adjective: 1. Glittering with gold or silver; tinseled.
Can God Be Free? →
Someday I’ll have to take some time and think about this.
Buckets
Jonathan: it's funny that I don't have a job, the fall semester is 9 months away, and we are on gchat at 2 in the morning hashing out the macro-details of how the ministry is going to work out
Flag Ratings →
I wonder if anyone will be interested in this besides me.
A NT Precursor to Monasticism?
We are told in Luke 2:37 that the prophetess Anna “never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.”
I’ve often been somewhat critical of monasticism and asceticism because of a (perceived) lack of biblical precedent for such callings (among other reasons). The prophetess Anna, however, seems to me very much like a nun (i.e., a female nun), whose convent...
Banks with political ties got bailouts, study... →
Surprising.
A Christmas Present to Nazareth-- a House from... →
“Christ hath excommunicated no nation, no shire, no house, no man; He gives none...”
– John Donne
Gyarados
Joseph: How sick is this Gyarados?
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Lucas: what the crap is a gyarados
Joseph: Dude, Pokemon.
Lucas: ...
dude.
...
Joseph: Oh, come on, you're not too old for that, are you?
Lucas: YOU'RE TOO OLD FOR THAT
White Guilt
This blog post made me think about white guilt.
The idea that white people should feel guilty for things that happened in the past is silly. I have as much control over the slave trade as Jesse Jackson does - I have zero control over it.
Of course, white people have done some horrendous things. So have people of every color. The reason Europeans ended up enslaving Africans wasn’t that...
First Jesus-era house found in Nazareth →
Interesting.
“I’ll claim that there’s a recipe out there that you could use to...”
– Paul Michael Romer
Emma: I pierced my nose last night...
My parents aren't thrilled.
Joseph: I mutilated my body last night.
My parents aren't thrilled.
Emma: YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO ONE OF THE ARISTOCATS, JOSEPH
Gold Sparkles
[name withheld]: I was talking to a girl today who as a Southern Baptist. We talked a bunch about our faiths and then we got to baptism. She, like me, was baptised when she was young; after reexamining the scriptures this past November, though, she realised that her baptism wasn't repentant and she was rebaptised. And I got so excited--we talked for a really long time at my parents' Christmas party about Christianity and apologetics...and then she says, "I sure am glad I got rebaptised. Not only am I certain of my salvaiton, but now I receive gold sparkles on my hands when I worship."
What. Does that mean.
Illustrations of the Tao →
An interesting illustration from C.S. Lewis of the similarities among different historical ethical systems.
“[W]hat we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised...”
– Clive Staples Lewis, The Abolition of Man
“This thing which I have called for convenience the Tao, and which others may...”
– Clive Staples Lewis, The Abolition of Man
“If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved. Similarly if nothing is...”
– Clive Staples Lewis, The Abolition of Man
Tellurian
tellurian \teh-LOO-ree-uhn, adjective: 1. of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants; terrestrial.