Reformed Theology: in times like these.
What can we take from Bartimaeus? That we should continue to depend on Christ. Particularly when those around us, who claim to have authority, tell us that we are wasting our time. That we should not bother God. It is at that time that God wants to intervene. Mark 10:46-52 46 Then they *came to Continue Reading
There is a big debate about fitness counters and step counters. if you are frugal, there is one in your cellphone… but they are in all smart watches. There have been questions as to fi they work, and this paper suggests that for the average person (primarily in the USA) they do increase physical activity. Continue Reading
The middle of this passage is a call to holiness. But how can I be holy? I’m quite aware of my besetting sins: I am less aware of those hidden frailties which drive such. What I do know is that no man fully understands himself. Here Calvin has a trenchant comment. Beyond all controversy, we Continue Reading
Plausible and strange doctrines are still with us, as are those who boast of their virtue, or want to climb from status to status by advantageous trading up of marriages. It is interesting that Polycarp says we should meet more frequently. Perhaps it is because of the pagans among which we live, who are driven Continue Reading
Last night my mother and father traveled to be with us. Kea and I and my father have all had birthdays, so we sat after dinner and exchanged gifts. There had been thought and care taken by all in the selecton of these. It is very good to be at one with your family (despite Continue Reading
After Monday’s technical post becoming quoate (I never said I would be consistent) driven by the local body elections, back to the usual run of things. The woodpile report and Week in Doom were not up on Monday: they are now. Quotage VFM Bear said it best: it’s the indoor plumbing that I’m going to Continue Reading
It is not often you introduce a poem by quoting the poetic preface to an allegory. Kipling saw the great war not as much as a test of empire (this was the third year of the war) but as a test of the souls of men. And he looked to older books and survivors of Continue Reading
A teacher or master has to train his apprentices or disciples, and part of that is doing what they are taught. You cannot learn any profession, trade, or craft out of a textbook. You need to do it under guidance. Initially see it, then do it with guidance, then do it by yourself. Christ was Continue Reading
Pound knew the Victorian mechanists had reduced mankind to reason and reason to algorithm. He wanted the old Gods back. But the Gods were not with power in an age of technology. He tried to build a neopagan mystery, and failed. The critics still like the poem. I think it is one of his weaker Continue Reading
We are called to be gentle, but being gentle is not being weak. We are called to be clear, transparent, but that is not an excuse for gossip. We are called to peace, but we are fighting in a spiritual war. As the end of time comes closer, the choices we make are becoming clearer Continue Reading
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