Calvin is most often dismissed by such as have read not one sentence of his writings, and solely on the basis of their fatuous prejudices. Since I have been known to mercilessly crush such detestable types under the full weight of my unrestrained fury, I would be distraught if any of you, my gentle snowflakes, [...]
Why Jim West Is On Facebook
Since Jim West has kindly directed some traffic my way by naming this as an up-and-coming blog worth reading, I thought it appropriate to share in my humble blogging abode a video which, to my mind, quite clearly explains the real reason behind his decision to keep a Facebook account. (Do note that one objectionable [...]
For it Verily Behooveth Us to Read from His Majesty’s Bible
I am hardly one to bitterly decry contemporary translations of the Bible, but given that my very first Bible in English was a well-thumbed King James Version, I have never been able to shake the feeling that every other translation is, well, literarily substandard by comparison. And certainly, no rendering in a contemporary translation makes [...]
A Sect Most Treacherous
A misaddressed fund-raising mailer from the Salesian Missions reached my mailbox today, and the face of Don Bosco prominently displayed on the envelope reminded me of a darling little book about his life that I was given while still in Junior High. I quickly located it, and as I flipped through its pages, I came [...]
An Exceeding Small Florilegium Which Aims to Demonstrate Why St Jerome Rocks
My trip to sunny Southern California, which should have been well underway by now, has been temporarily delayed due to circumstances beyond my control. In the meantime, I’ve been required to do quite a bit of sitting and waiting. So as to not waste my time in idleness, I decided to follow the example of [...]
We Are Not Impressed
In an early post on this blog, I commented on the gravitational pull that infuriating intellectuals and litterateurs exert upon Yours Truly. In that post I celebrated two Nobel laureates, José Saramago and T. S. Eliot, for their undiluted and thoroughly documented crank, and noted that it is one my life goals to attain [...]
Get thee behind me, BAR!
I’m insanely busy, and thus dreadfully behind with reading posts and answering comments, but I have to ask:
Who signed me up for the Biblical Archaelogical Society’s newsletter?! What a funny, funny person.
Saturday a’Machen: Christian Americanization
“[R]eligion has become a mere function of the community or of the state. So it is looked upon by the men of the present day. Even hard-headed business men and politicians have become convinced that religion is needed. But it is thought to be needed merely as a means to an end. We have [...]
The End of an Era
I had scarcely finished my Necrology 2007 post when the list of deceased notables offered therein was rendered obsolete by the death of C. F. D. Moule. I regret not having had the chance to acknowledge his passing before today, though I have been aware of it since Monday. I have now updated my earlier [...]
Highlights from the Blogroll, Biblioblogs Edition
Lately I’ve been drowning in all manner of work, mostly mindless drivel, that requires my attention before I leave on a trip to sunny Southern California (with a quick getaway to the not-so-sunny State Capital) not many days hence. (Do note that my Caribbean place of residence isn’t any less sunny than SoCal, but that [...]
