Verba Sparsa
Ecology as doxology (Psalm 104)
To understand the structure of the cosmos and expound its workings in a way that acknowledges its creator is to be filled with wonder and overflow with praise.
Living between divine love and human iniquity (Psalm 36)
Abiding in God’s love does not make us pious dopes who think (or pretend) that everything is always wonderful. It enables us to see evil clearly, call it what it is, and understand that in the end it is powerless before the power of Love.
The President and the Fourth
July 4 is not about celebrating the president, but it’s good to have a president who understands and supports the values that July 4 celebrates.
On observing July 4 as an American Christian
When the Fourth of July falls on a Sunday, Christians need to be careful about how they relate patriotism and worship.
Defining human existence (Psalm 139)
To be is to be known by God. God’s omniscience is knowledge not only of everything but of everyone. There is no one whom God does not know. My existence resides in the fact that God knows me. My identity is this: I am who God knows that I am. And since God speaks, andContinue reading “Defining human existence (Psalm 139)”
Fifty ways to say “there is no God” (riffing on Psalm 14)
We have so many elaborate ways of saying “There is no God” in our hearts without saying it out loud. We are such fools.
The South has risen again
Once again Heather Cox Richardson has compared current developments in US governance to nineteenth-century antecedents, with concerning results. See her post for June 22. She has been doing this well for many months now. I recommend her 2020 book How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the SoulContinue reading “The South has risen again”
In Memoriam: Richard N. Longenecker, 1930–2021 (EerdWord)
Remembering Eerdmans author Richard Longenecker.
Psalm 119:17–24 (Gimel)
What is my relationship with Scripture? How do I experience it? How do I describe it? What is it to me? In certain stages of my formation there were voices that emphasized words like “inerrancy.” In truth, though, despite my formation in evangelical circles, these were never the voices of my own teachers. To beContinue reading “Psalm 119:17–24 (Gimel)”
Henry Wallace, varieties of fascism, and two classes of Trumpists (an experiment in diagnosis)
In which I discover Henry Wallace and reflect on his his diagnosis of different types of fascism in his 1944 essay about American fascism. I suggest two different types of Trumpism and conclude that both types are fascist, in the way in which Wallace understood fascism.
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