Section Summary: Truth, contrary to what contemporary philosophers and theologians tell us, is a unified system. Although the unity of truth does not prove the existence of an omniscient God, it does accord well with Christian belief in such a being. Christianity is the system of truth in the mind of this omniscient God, and [...]
Archive for January, 2012
CVMT No. 4: Ch. 1 Introduction, The Unity of Truth
Posted in A Christian View of Men and Things, Scripturalism on January 31, 2012 | 25 Comments »
What Would Jesus Boo?
Posted in Politics on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Last week Americans were treated to an extraordinary spectacle: the Golden Rule was booed and an adulterer was cheered by a crowd likely composed of a majority of professed Evangelicals. I’m speaking here about the two Republican presidential debates in South Carolina. When Ron Paul introduced the idea that America’s foreign policy should be based [...]
CVMT No.3: Introduction, The Questions of Philosophy
Posted in A Christian View of Men and Things, Scripturalism on January 23, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Those coming to philosophy for the first time often find it at once interesting and frustrating. Clark likens philosophy to a puzzle that can, on the one hand, delight and amuse, and, on the other, frustrate and bewilder. Some people find it boring, thinking it has no practical value. Others find philosophy intimidating and try [...]
Millard Fillmore II
Posted in Politics on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re like me, you probably haven’t spent much time thinking about Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States. If for some reason Fillmore’s name does come up, a lot of us would probably react something like “That guy? What a nerd. Seriously, with a name like that, you must be joking.” That’s [...]
Baucham for Paul
Posted in Politics on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
While Texas conservatives were at war over the weekend trying to decide which Roman Catholic Republican they could back against Mitt Romney, along comes Voddie Baucham to give Ron Paul a ringing endorsement. It’s truly refreshing to read the comments of a man who is able to look past all the hype and see that [...]
Republican Debate 01/16/12
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A few brief thoughts about the Republican debate tonight: Bain Capital is boring. It’s the sort of “controversy” that makes me want to tune out the first time I hear it. The discussion about Social Security is a good example of what’s wrong with the political debate in this country. The candidates spent a lot [...]
CVMT No.2: Introduction, The Purpose and Limits of the Book
Posted in A Christian View of Men and Things on January 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Clark begins the introduction to A Christian View of Men and Things (CVMT) by stating, “A stable civilization, so it is plausibly argued, always rests on a substantial unanimity of thought. But when ordinary differences of opinion multiply, widen and deepen, when educational systems have contradictory aims, when class consciousness divides the people, and when [...]
Augustine on Predestination
Posted in Theology on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
When reading Luther and Calvin, it’s hard to get very far without finding references to Augustine, for both authors make frequent reference to his work. Luther himself got his start as an Augustinian monk, and Augustine’s work was a major influence on Luther in bringing him to a Biblical understanding of grace and predestination. While [...]
A Christian View of Men and Things No.1: Foreword
Posted in A Christian View of Men and Things, Scripturalism on January 9, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Does anyone write a better foreword than John Robbins? Of course, were someone to put that question to me, I would have to respond, “I don’t know, since I have not read every foreword by every author.” On the other hand, were someone to ask me whether I had ever read a better author of [...]
Paulian Democrats
Posted in Politics on January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I see that Rush Limbaugh’s daily excoriation of all things Ron Paul continues unabated. Today on his website (I’m not a member so I have to read the transcript) he comments on a news piece by Erin Burnett in which she discusses the possibility of large numbers of democrats voting for Ron Paul in the [...]
