Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
Jared Bridges The Left Behind series of books concludes today. Wheh, I thought they would never end—but wait!: “Glorious Appearing” covers the end of days, but it’s actually not the end of the books. In 2005, fans can look forward to a prequel of “Left Behind” about the main characters’ lives before the Rapture. A sequel is … Read more
I’ve finally updated my “about” page to reflect the fact that I’m no longer a seminarian. I’ve made a few other adjustments to that page, as well as a rather vague hint about what I hope to be doing next. Also, the blogroll on the right has had many changes as of late, with many … Read more
A good friend of mine sends out a periodic email entitled, “Bad Church Sign of the Week.” It’s a rather hilarious compendium of trite phrases gone bad. Most of them try to be clever—something to make you think. Usually, that’s as far as it goes. No one really tries to make a deep theological point … Read more
The DVD market seems to be flooded right now with movies you’ve never heard of. I was in Target and saw four dozen copies of the movie Honey for sale. I’ll bet those will go just as quickly as it took for the movie to from film to DVD. I did see one film recently … Read more
If you’ve ever wondered how old you are in dog years, you must check out this converter. I’m 4 years old. If I were a dog, I would be 129 years old, and certain to die soon. The converter’s formula is 10.5 dog years per human year for the first 2 years, then 4 dog … Read more
James Heflin is an angry, upset man. It seems to him that the far-right-extreme-ultra-hyper-conservative fundamentalists of the Christian right (wayward, diabolical, conservative Southern Baptists in particular) are the root of all evil in America. After reading this article [link via CT Weblog] that’s the feeling one gets. In it, Heflin delivers a tirade at the … Read more
National Review’s John Derbyshire is, how should I say it, “smokin!” in his latest NRO column: We have not, in fact, gone “beyond tolerance” at all, we have merely invented new kinds of intolerance. We have not swept away caste-feudalism and replaced it with a shining meritocratic egalitarianism; we have just traded in one style … Read more
I finished Notes from Underground tonight. After suffering through some maniacal ranting in the first third of the book, Dostoevsky emerges with force! A question posed by his Underground Man: And in fact I’m now asking an idle question of my own: which is better—cheap happiness, or lofty suffering? Well, which is better? Notes may … Read more
There’s a certain segment of the liberal population which feels that it doesn’t get its fair share of expression in the marketplace of ideas. You’ve seen them before. Because they are not adequately heard on just about every issue, they plaster the backs of their cars with bumper stickers. It’s not difficult to spot a … Read more
According to Brown, Driver, and Briggs’ Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, the term which is transliterated hamas means in Arabic “to be hard, strict, rigorous.” Not surprisingly, the Hebrew meaning is close: “act violently, treat violently.” It’s no doubt that Israel has been on the receiving end of the Hebrew meaning of … Read more