Imprecatory Psalms
As you read Psalms, you will come across many statements that may shock you because of their violence. “Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee?…I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies” (139:21–22). “Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. . . . Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous” (69:24, 27–28)....
Reepicheep and King David
Some time ago I blogged on Planet Narnia , a fascinating and truly thick book of literary criticism which argued that the seven Chronicles of Narnia are each organized around themes suggested by the medieval (and even more ancient) myths which rose up around the seven planets. Here's my own modest literary critical contention, reinforced after a recent read through 1 and 2 Samuel: Reepicheep is King David. Who but King David had the almost shocking gallantry (and holy bravado!) of Reepicheep?...
Powerful Evidence
The Wall Street Journal just last Friday published an article by Donna Freitas which makes my heart hurt for the kids I play ultimate frisbee with at Furman and other area schools. Freitas presents more evidence that the sexual revolution has brought the consequences that sin brings in God's economy. I and my fiancée live in a fantasy land that many of these kids can only dream of—and do in fact wish for. Says Freitas: After conducting a national college survey of over 2,500 students, I found...
Google Books as a Kind of Libronix
You can now search my library, or a lot of it. Or kind of some of it. At Google Books You can see 483 of the books in my library, but remember that some of them I would never have purchased separately; they just came with Logos Scholar's Gold and I've cataloged them. I haven't cataloged all my books, just the ones whose ISBNs I already had on hand in another list. Google Books. It's a neat, free, organizer. You should try it. You can search the content of some of my books, the ones that Google...
Shooting Death on the Street Where I’ve Picked Up Kids Many Times
E 8th St in Greenville is close to my church. I've picked up and dropped off kids there many times. Two nights ago there was a shooting death on that street. I'm nearly certain that the deceased and the shooter (who police say may likely have been acting in self defense) were a few years ago just like the kids that I've been working with every week for the last 8 years. This could be Jonathan or Freddy or Robert or Randy or Micah or Craig or even Michael. Sin really messes things up; the...