There has been a lot of movement in the past couple of decades towards rediscovering the purity and joy of the paleo-church of the first century. Believers sharing all things in common, daily prayer meetings, miraculous healings, and no lobbies with coffee bars. We reminisce on the fervor and verdancy of this time with a … Continue reading Gratitude For Orthodoxy
Author: Tim Constant
Postmil’s Wager
Blaise Pascal, the 17th century philosopher, once proposed a wager to unbelievers about how they ought align themselves in relation to God. He said that the rational man, if he were to wager his eternal soul, ought to live as though God existed. If God does not exist, the man will only have lost temporal … Continue reading Postmil’s Wager
The Young Earth And the Restless
The debate among Christians about the age of the earth is an ongoing one. You got the intransigent young earth creationists (YEC) like me who can feel the the romance of a juvenile earth flowering up between their toes. Then there are the old earth creationists (OEC) who walk that very smudgy line of a … Continue reading The Young Earth And the Restless
You Are Now(here)
Introduction It has been said that there is nothing new under the sun. Solomon, in all his sagacity, gave us that little nugget, and so we ought to take it to the bank, while also acknowledging this observation was written during his gloomy, proto-existentialist years of Ecclesiastes. But there is such a thing as a … Continue reading You Are Now(here)
Dipping the Toe Into Deep Crazy
The following is the result of a toe dip into the deep crazy that is Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). After reading, you can wade into that nuthouse, if you like. To understand the origins of SEL, we need to talk about a Mr. Fetzer and a Mr. Goleman, and their peculiar brand of crazy. … Continue reading Dipping the Toe Into Deep Crazy
Free Willy
We are suckers for sappy movies. And its not hard to write a screenplay guaranteed to strum the heartstrings and shrink wrap eyes with tears. The formula is simple: take an forlorn animal in captivity, longing to spread it swings or stretch its paws or wag its fluke, add a plucky kid intent on its … Continue reading Free Willy
A Shot Of Fate
We have had a string of rainy days here in Northern Colorado, so much so that I have several clusters of mushrooms huddled in my front yard looking like a tourist group of bewildered spirits summoned from Sheol. But since we live in a high desert, most summers bring water restrictions in our county, so … Continue reading A Shot Of Fate
Singenuity
Introduction One of the achievements of the culture wars touted by progressives as a great victory is the sexual freedom of individuals from entrenched conservative ideologies. Leading this parade is the crowd of gay, trans and queer individuals that have multiplied faster than a Chinese kid in a math competition. Teenagers, particularly young girls, harvested … Continue reading Singenuity
The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown
Sheep, discontent with their shepherd, ought not demand a sheep dog. But this is precisely where the Israelites found themselves about 1000 BC. Though God had given them sufficient warning of the sticky-fingeredness of kings, Israel demanded to be like the other nations and have a couple of royal buns warming throne. God obliged. This … Continue reading The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown
Logicide and the Descent into Whateverism
An Introduction, Of Sorts Mission statement for 21st century This past fall, I packed up the wife and kiddies and visited my family in New Hampshire to see how we were all aging. As it turns out, my older brother looks a decade younger than I, with his thick tuft of hair and bag-less eyes, … Continue reading Logicide and the Descent into Whateverism
