The great ideals of the past failed not by being outlived (which must mean over-lived), but by not being lived enough. … The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. — G.K. Chesterton, Part One: The Homelessness Of Man, Ch. 5 : The Unfinished Temple […]
Happy July 4, 2011
Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. — A politician from the 1950’s. I like the quote above. It is a quote that could be applied to Christianity as well. Let me give you some thoughts. The Boston Tea Party was an emotional outburst of […]
When evil enters the Church
The story below is from the time of the Nestorian controversy. It gives us an idea of what can happen when evil men misuse the Church for their personal gain. But, it also gives the witness of a holy man standing up to that evil. Our Lord warned that there would be both wheat and […]
If this is how you treat your friends
La Santa Teresa de Ávila was reputed to have said: If this is how You treat Your friends, then it is no wonder You have so few of them. I was reminded of this by a quote I read on an Internetmonk post. The author of the quote below was going through a very difficult time […]
So you want all the answers
The following quote is from Brendan Manning’s book Ruthless Trust. The quote comes from another website where I read it and was struck by it: When the brilliant ethicist John Kavanaugh went to work for three months at “the house of the dying” in Calcutta, he was seeking a clear answer as to how best […]
Jon Stewart, Fox News, victimization and Christians
Recently there has been a strong debate going on between Jon Stewart, of The Daily Show, and Fox News. His frustration can be summarized by quoting his own words: Any editorial judgment in news, or schools, or movies, that doesn’t favor the conservative view, is elitism and is evidence of liberal bias. Whereas any editorial […]
An odd Irish WWII story from the BBC
The quotes below come from a history story on the BBC. There is no particular Christian point to the story. Just read it and enjoy it. I recommend going to read the full story on the website. In Northern Ireland in 1941, a routine Sunday afternoon sortie by a pilot flying one of Britain’s Spitfire […]
What is wrong with this picture of the New World?
The picture on your right comes from the Trafficking in Persons report for the USA Department of State. This was a report that began to be published the first year of President George W. Bush’s first term in office. Because of the outbreak of war, it was lost that both President and Mrs. Bush (but […]
The problems of verifying research — part two
Yesterday I posted an article beginning the deconstruction of one of my posts from 21 May. That article had been on the Rapture and claimed that the Rapture pre-dated the Dispensationalists and that, in fact, it had been begun as a Jesuit post. The article itself was a port–with permission–from another website. One of my […]
The problems of verifying research — on the Rapture
[Ed. Note: I have decided to remove identifying information as to where my original post in May came from, as a variation of my 21 May reposting can be found online at various sites.] Back on 21 May, I published a post on the origins of the Rapture doctrine, given that the Rapture predicted by […]
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