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Mr. Spun’s Truly Terrible Awful Jokes: #45
Posted on April 3, 2020

Mr. Spun’s Truly Terrible Awful Jokes: #45

A few of my Facebook buddies unfriended me the other day

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Two Views of Santification
Posted on March 27, 2020March 11, 2020

Two Views of Santification

Is sanctification an upward-bound journey or more like peeling an onion (by which fault and self are more and more deeply revealed)? Perhaps being more precise in terms of anthropology might be helpful. Distinguishing between affections, appetites, and the spiritual will of a person is important, for only one of these really apprehends the good … Continue reading Two Views of Santification

There is a Visitor
Posted on March 17, 2020March 11, 2020

There is a Visitor

If you were over someone’s house and he told you that he had a visitor…that at that very moment Jesus Christ was in his office, what would you think or feel? Would you be interested in meeting him? Might you wish even for just a glimpse of his face? In prayer, we meet  intimately with … Continue reading There is a Visitor

God did not Create You to Take Your Life Over for You
Posted on March 10, 2020March 6, 2020

God did not Create You to Take Your Life Over for You

However one understands the sovereignty of God, one must reckon with several factors of salvation and experience: God is the Creator We continue to sin Scripture speaks of sanctification as real and as distinct from just believing more Some wonder, when will sanctification begin? Or, when will God take such and such a sin from … Continue reading God did not Create You to Take Your Life Over for You

Principles of Science
Posted on March 2, 2020

Principles of Science

A draft of a Paper submitted for a course at Holy Apostles College and Seminary Continue reading Principles of Science

Mr. Spun’s Truly Terrible Awful Jokes: #44
Posted on January 27, 2020January 30, 2020

Mr. Spun’s Truly Terrible Awful Jokes: #44

What mythical lawn creature is good at keeping time?

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The King is in his People
Posted on January 24, 2020January 24, 2020

The King is in his People

Matthew 25:31-46 The Parable of the sheep and goats teaches us that when the Son of Man comes in glory, he will sit upon his throne and judge between us. The king will take his seat of authority. He will then separate us out according to how we have served him: for, truly, as we … Continue reading The King is in his People

Creating Little Monsters: A Misuse of the Liberal Arts in Mansfield Park
Posted on January 20, 2020

Creating Little Monsters: A Misuse of the Liberal Arts in Mansfield Park

There is a danger in education which even the best curriculum cannot of its own circumvent. This is because the problem is one of the heart. The wrong kind of knowledge puffs up. Only love has the power to order the powers of the mind properly. This of course is no good reason to forgo … Continue reading Creating Little Monsters: A Misuse of the Liberal Arts in Mansfield Park

Poetry as more Philosophic than History
Posted on January 10, 2020January 12, 2020

Poetry as more Philosophic than History

Why is poetry more philosophic than history? This is what Aristotle claims in his Poetics. We can begin with the idea that poetry is mimetic or imitative, just as all human art is. For instance, a cup copies or imitates the way natural vessels hold water. Consider the shape of lakes, ponds, streams, or perhaps the … Continue reading Poetry as more Philosophic than History

Mr. Spun’s Truly Terrible Awful Jokes: #43
Posted on December 26, 2019

Mr. Spun’s Truly Terrible Awful Jokes: #43

Who makes the Laws in Newton’s universe?

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