Posted in Reformed Theology, Theology and Discipleship on January 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A lot of the time, when it is time to pray, I am busy and preoccupied, and fail to devote careful thought to how to pray appropriately. I wrote this “liturgy” to help me establish a pattern for daily prayers. There are no specified prayers, but it provides a structure to pray from, and in [...]
Posted in Democracy, Politics, political theory on January 3, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m now 50 pages into Eric Voegelin’s The New Science of Politics, and boy is it dense. Part of his thesis is that we use certain words very sloppily when speaking of political societies–words like “representation”–and so he invents an alternate vocabulary to express specific ideas. Also, his style is very passive and wordy, so [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Don’t You Believe in the Inerrancy of the Original Autographs or Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife Yet?
The question “Do you believe in the inerrancy of the original autographs?” is both a loaded question and a question-begging question. Hence, it is both fallacious as well as a defection from the standards of historic orthodoxy because [...]
Posted in Organizations, PHC Students, Politics on January 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Looking around at school, one sees a lot of groups. Usually these are just informal associations of people who are friends with each other, and tend to spend time together. These can be either “loose” or “tight.” “Loose” groups are all friends, but no member spends all their time with the group, and the group [...]
