From a really wonderful little book; well written and enlightening: In order to understand early modern natural philosophy, it is necessary to break free of several common modern assumptions and prejudices. First, virtually everyone in Europe, certainly every...
Mark Ward
What Is Scholarship?
A scholar’s business is to add to what is known. That is all. But it is capable of giving the very greatest satisfaction, because knowledge is good. — A. E. Housman, in Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love As Christ commanded, we are supposed to love God with our...
Two Insightful Insights
An old article I was going back over had two insightful, um, insights: If you ask Hollywood liberals themselves about the liberalism of their work, the answer generally depends on how you pose the question. If you frame it in terms of social responsibility, they will...
BUY THIS BOOK NOW!
This is an unbelievably valuable book—on sale for two bucks on Kindle. Get it now. Read it. It would help a good deal if you've had some Greek and/or Hebrew under your belt (he doesn't transliterate Greek words), but I believe you could profit from the book even...
C.S. Lewis on the KJV
Some wise words from C.S. Lewis, who read Greek with a fluency I'll never hope to match. I think Lewis overstates the case slightly in the bolded line, because irreverent translations do exist. But as applied to all the major modern English translations, he's right...
Qoheleth’s Critique of Materialism
Derek Kidner in The Message of Ecclesiastes: As to man’s dignity, what is so mortifying (an appropriate word!) about death’s final leveling of wise men and fools—to which we could add, "good men and bad," "saints and sadists," and every other pair of opposites—is that...
Bob Jones Seminary Conference Back On
Terrible weather postponed this conference when it was first planned last year (or was it two years ago?). Now it's back on. I've got limited time, but I hope to hear several of the presentations live. For readers not in Greenville, I'll try to remember to post some...
The Mythos of Neutrality
The myth of neutrality isn't just a not-true-idea kind of myth. It's also a powerful-organizing-story kind of myth. The myth of neutrality is a myth in both dictionary senses: 1 A widely held but false belief or idea: he wants to dispel the myth that sea kayaking is...
The Grid by Philip Glass
I just love Philip Glass. The Grid is my favorite piece (followed closely by Renfield and other music written for piano). This is just perfect study/writing music for me:
Two Reasons Honorary Religious Doctorates Are (Often) Bad
I find it sad and discreditable that certain crowds of Christians, we fundamental Baptists prominent among them, hand out honorary doctorates so freely. (Charismatics do it, too.) I would rather go to a Bible college with a faculty full of "Reverends" than one full of...