RSSEntries from June 2007
In Defense of a Theology of Cross and Glory: Part 2
Obedience and Exaltation
What is a theology of cross and glory? We all know what a “theology of the cross†is: since our Lord suffered, his followers must as well (John 15:18-21). Oppression and suffering provide the context in which hatred of God is revealed for what it is, in which the perseverance of [...]
Christians in Iraq
Why do American Christians spend so little time thinking about their brothers and sisters in Iraq?
From Pat Buchanan….
On April 1—Palm Sunday—after bullets were fired into the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mosul, Iraq, during mass, the pastor, Father Ragheed Ganni, a Chaldean Catholic, e-mailed friends at the Asia Times:
“We empathize with Christ, who entered [...]
Those Wild, Wild, Whiggish Covenanters got me again!
My time as Chairman of the RPC Synod’s Committee for the Understanding the Times came to a very final conclusion at this evening’s session of Synod.
My attempt to send the committee to its eternal slumber was defeated by a vote of 53-47. This was the last year of my term. For what it is [...]
In Defense of a Theology of Cross and Glory: Part 1
“To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations…just as I have received authority from my Father. I will also give him the morning star…To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and [...]
Crunchy Con and Franky Schaeffer
An interesting warning from Rod Dreher’s always interesting blog. I fear that a lot of this kind of thing can be found in our circles. The temptation to be religious ideologues is immense.
Coming Attractions
DRC will be busy in the weeks and months to come.
July 10 will begin a two week discussion of James Twitchell’s book Branded Nation: The Marketing of MegaChurch, College Inc., and Museumworld
Future coming attractions: DRC takes a look at the Federal Vision
Stay tuned.
A Reformed Scholastic on Natural Law
Here is a fine example of a Reformed Thomist dealing with natural law.
John Williamson Nevin on the World Significance of Christianity
I have been following Darryl and Caleb’s interaction under Caleb’s Protestant Ethics post with much interest. Caleb poses a challenge we Protestants must wrestle with honestly. This long quotation by John Nevin is offered as an alternative to the view that the Gospel is somehow insignificant for—or incompatible with—the life of the [...]
A Conservative Liberal?
After a few days of thinking about it, I concur with Caleb. If liberalism means that we root our intellectual heritage in Locke and Milton, I am out. If anti-liberalism roots us in Hooker, Burke, John Randolph of Roanoke, and R.L. Dabney, I am an anti-liberal.
But I am not a monarchist. I [...]
Republicans should not stand close to Rudy!
This is hilarious!
Careful Rudy!!!