I just recently read this article in which William McGurn (who I had never heard of) reveals that he has become a first time gun owner. Since he looks to be my age (in his 60's) and I also recently fired a hand gun for the first time, I thought I'd explain why I took…
Anyone who has read my blog would find it pretty obvious that I like a good comic book. I suppose I never quite grew up. Comic books did, though. In Comic Books for Parents Part I, Part II, Part II, and Part IV, I explained for adults (who might not know any better) just how…
Pictured is a modern artist's rendition of the "Golden Age" Superman from the second book collecting his earliest adventures. I found volume two cheap at a discount store in my area, and I thought I'd give it a try so I could take a walk through comic book history. It was an interesting stroll. Lots…
Every Christmas -- though less often now -- secular Christmas music is played on the radio. Among these pieces is Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride. (I've linked to it on YouTube for your listening pleasure -- and I'll continue to do so throughout this post.) If you didn't know better -- and I suspect many people…
If you've been with me for the last month, I've been condensing several chapters in my book, Solid Ground, ( "The Theological Fight of the Centuries," "Predestination and Free Will," and "Why Bad Things Happen to Good People" ) and another book titled UnReformed to explain how I think predestination and free will work together.…
In my previous three (Part I, Part II, and Part III), I've been condensing several chapters in my book, Solid Ground, ( "The Theological Fight of the Centuries," "Predestination and Free Will," and "Why Bad Things Happen to Good People" ) and another book titled UnReformed to explain how I think predestination and free will…
In the previous two posts (Part I and Part II), I began a conversation about predestination (also called "election") and free will in the context of our salvation. To recap briefly, this is the question: does God choose who will be saved apart from a man's choice, or does he offer salvation to everyone and…
In my previous post, I promised to discuss how I believe Predestination and Free Will work together. Several chapters in my book, Solid Ground, ( "The Theological Fight of the Centuries," "Predestination and Free Will," and "Why Bad Things Happen to Good People" ) and another book titled UnReformed also presented this with more Bible…
Recent comments on my blog have caused me to realize that a misunderstanding of how predestination and free will work together can be an impediment to belief. I hesitated to attempt to address this in my blog. It's a complicated subject, and Christians have been arguing (sometimes not very nicely) about it for centuries. In…
Having been on the planet for a while, I've had the occasional experience with the police. Some of those experiences have been positive, some less so. I thought it might be instructive to describe some of those experiences and what I learned from them. The Breakdown While one my way home driving down the interstate,…
