De Regno Christi

Dr. Richard Gamble (Hillsdale/ISI Gamble not RPTS/P&R Gamble) has an excellent review of The American Patriot’s Study Bible.   Check out God’s Country from the American Conservative. Gotta love the Gamble.

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I am for God and country, in that order.  As an Augustinian, however, I cannot help but find the relationship of God and country to contain more tension than comfort.  Dual citizenship demands conflicting loyalty.  The Kingdom of God and the kingdoms of men have different foundations, different agendas, and different destinations.  Sadly, this tension [...]

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All this talk of how tradition “is not necessarily evil” but worth chucking whenever we feel our individual and generational autonomy challenged has me longing for congregations singing from a latin psalter. At least we might not be quite as opposed to norms and forms.  What have we unleashed upon the world? The question is, [...]

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Her body rests nearby.  My home, what would have been her home, is the closest one to her resting spot.  The ground in which she is buried is holy ground.  Sanctified, a stone sits; upon it is engraved her name, a date, a descriptive, a verse from St. John, a cross, a harp, and a [...]

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This post originally was posted on 10/3/07 by Caleb during the Federal Vision debate.  As always, Caleb is erudite and drives home his point with devastating insight. Here is the link to the original (oddly formatted because of the DRC shift…shift Ireally meant shift… never any excrement around here).  The text is reproduced below but [...]

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I invoke moderator privilege to announce the birth of my daughter Mary Abigail Chellis. It was a fight but mother and baby are doing great. It is an unbelievably humbling experience to see the birth of a daughter, and the strength of a mother.  The curse lies heavily upon the mankind who are born seemingly [...]

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I appreciate all of the responses to my post earlier this week. Here are some follow-up comments: 1. I do not deny that there is a time to change. There is also a time not to change. There is a season for everything. It takes wisdom to know which season it is. My main concern [...]

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R. Scott Clark has thoughtfully reviewed the latest Harry Potter movie with his Heidelblog post Harry Potter and the Allure of a Magical World. Dr. Clark finds much to enjoy about the Half-Blood Prince but draws down from the flights of fantasy by reminding us that the legacy of the Reformation includes, “the de-sacralization of [...]

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[also posted at: http://lehrman.isi.org/blog/] Last Thursday morning, I stood on the Lexington green with my beautiful and sagacious wife, my five very active and somewhat mischievous children, the talented Ben Cohen (acting as Paul Revere; and who also turned out to be a supporter of Hillsdale College), the vivacious Malana Salyer of Gary Gregg’s McConnell [...]

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