In his 1960 collection Homage to Clio, WH Auden included a series of what he called "Academic Graffiti," tendentious and silly, but despite (or rather because of) that fact nevertheless insightful, biographical...
Read more →In his 1960 collection Homage to Clio, WH Auden included a series of what he called "Academic Graffiti," tendentious and silly, but despite (or rather because of) that fact nevertheless insightful, biographical...
Read more →This article has recently been making the rounds. Though the bizarre defense of this truly bizarre case of the institutional-church-as-Child-Protective-Services is ripe for so much--SO MUCH--trolling (for...
Read more →The Collect for the third Sunday in Advent (1 is here and 2 here): O Lord Jesus Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards...
Read more →This is part 2 of a two-part reply. The first part is here. In my previous post I indicated that it would be helpful to provide a model for how the Jews could know the OT canon without an infallible...
Read more →This is part 1 of a two-part reply. The second part is here. Dr. Feser has written two posts in reply to my earlier one, and I am grateful for him for the opportunity to further clarify my points. In the following,...
Read more →In response to my recent foray on sola scriptura and perspicuity, a commenter on Facebook asked, presumably rhetorically, whether Acts 8.31 didn't disprove the idea of the clarity of Scripture. I answered,...
Read more →Pastor Benjamin Miller from Long Island, NY, asks: Can you define and distinguish: (1) W.W. Bartley III’s notion of “ultimate commitment” (which he regards as voluntaristic and finally arbitrary); (1)...
Read more →Our friend Davey Henreckson, formerly of Notre Dame and now of Princeton, has posed some very helpful questions for us at his site, in response to our essay, occasioned by the polemics of Mr. Matthew...
Read more →Dr Andrew Sandlin is a friend of our forum, and, although we disagree with him markedly on a number of important political and theological points, we do esteem his honesty, intelligence, and his positive...
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