Ye or Ne?

Kanye West's 2020 presidential "campaign" has so far been a great contribution to the ongoing comedy that is American politics. It can hardly be taken seriously. Kanye himself has no governing experience, having spent his career thus far as only a rapper. His mental health is also an obvious problem; being bi… Read more…

Wednesday 7/22/2020

Current Events

Believe

A key word in the apostolic message of the Gospel is "believe." A common refrain is to "believe in the Lord Jesus Christ," or something similar. Brief thoughts on what this means: Background: John the Baptist and Jesus both show up foretelling imminent judgment on Israel in connection with the comin… Read more…

Thursday 7/16/2020

Biblical Narrative

Theocracy Revisited

The other day I mentioned to my sister that I support a form of theocracy. Unfortunately, other developments in the conversation left me without an opportunity to elaborate much at all on what I mean by this. Since I didn't satisfy my wish to explain then, I'll take up the details here instead. Definition First, a basi… Read more…

Friday 6/19/2020

Explainer

A Recap of My Theological History

Why am I doing such a self-oriented blog post? I don't generally like such things, but I ran across this thread on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yunghic1/status/1255194301329440773 At first I considered retweeting this with some thoughts on my own theological journey, since I began normie evangelical and now would ver… Read more…

Wednesday 4/29/2020

Autobiographical

Creatio ex Gratia

Q: Why did God make you and all things? A: For His own glory. This question and answer pair comes from the children's catechism that my church and my family are using. It is a venerable answer, deriving from the first question of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, which reads: Q: What is the chief end of man? A: Man's … Read more…

Saturday 3/28/2020

Theology

Ursinus and the Tension in Hell

I may have (I think?) mentioned my love for Zacharias Ursinus and his commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism on my old blog. If not, I should mention: Zacharias Ursinus, the primary hand behind the Heidelberg Catechism, wrote a commentary on it that is absolutely fantastic. I still haven't finished it, but it's been th… Read more…

Friday 3/20/2020

Discussion

The Bible in Seasons: Part 1

Modern Bible readers (myself included) struggle with understanding the meaning of literary structure. Partially because our minds are controlled by chapter and verse divisions, isolated Sunday school stories, and other impediments, we have a hard time seeing how the narratives in Scripture actually flow and relate to e… Read more…

Tuesday 3/17/2020

Jesus in Judges 9

Not long ago, I was on Twitter and witnessed (participated in, maybe) a debate over the push to see Jesus in every Old Testament text. In the middle of things, a challenge was issued: "Where's Jesus in Judges 9?" This led me to do some analysis on Judges 9 to find out if we can in fact see Jesus in that narra… Read more…

Monday 3/02/2020

The Abolition of Man in 1000 Words or Less

Men without Chests "The Green Book" It begins with an English textbook referred to as "the Green Book." The authors claim that, when someone says a waterfall is sublime, what he really means is, "I have feelings of sublimity about this waterfall." By saying this, they imply to the impressionable rea… Read more…

Friday 2/28/2020

A List of Unusual Opinions

For Lent (because I am totes Liturgical™), I decided to take a break from the endless, somewhat meaningless work I do on the computer in the realms of Reddit and the Breath of the Wild modding Discord in favor of writing. Writing is a better use of my time, I believe, and better orients me toward what kind of life I re… Read more…

Wednesday 2/26/2020

Discussion