Poythress Kan’t Wright… j/k
I was reading Vern Poythress’ Symphonic Theology for a little help on linguistics and biblical hermeneutics, and he quoted Immanuel Kant: This debt [of radically evil disposition] can never be discharged by another person, so far as we can judge according to the justice of our human reason. For this is no transmissible liability which can be made over to another like a financial indebtedness (where it is all one to the creditor whether the debtor himself pays the debt or whether some one else...
Digital Pacifiers
I have a 9 lb. 4 oz. excuse for everything these days. It really is remarkable how such a little bundle of needs can dominate the schedules of two full-grown adults. But he sure is a cute little bundle of needs. I’m surprised how fascinating he is. Every facial expression (well, except one) is so interesting. What is going on inside that little unfused skull? The upshot of it is that my blog drought will likely continue till my paternity leave ends. But to tide both of you over, here is a...
Getting Obama Right, Left and Right
I can’t claim very much insight and experience when it comes to politics, but I can say that I’ve sensed that the right-wingers around me don’t have Obama pegged. They tend to view him as the socialist antichrist, someone who can do no right, the most dangerous man in America—if he’s truly in America and not a hologram projected from Saudi Arabia. I had thought that the left-wingers—I hear from NPR and the NY Times—were frustrated that Obama isn’t coming far enough their way. But David Brooks...
Frame / Φρειμ / פרֵם
I wrote this for a Bible Truths lesson on evangelism: …that’s the extent of your responsibility—just faithfully, clearly, and lovingly deliver the message. The Bible compares evangelists to heralds, people whose job it was to journey to a faraway place and announce what the king had said. After I wrote that I realized that John Frame was getting to me. “Faithfully, clearly, and lovingly” are Frame’s three perspectives: normative, situational, and existential. To deliver the message faithfully...