A Primer on Justice II: Getting Confused with Plato
Getting Properly Confused I’ve stated in another blog that being unsure, even confused, can be a result even of the experience of the grace of Jesus. I may be wrong, … Read more
Wm. Travis Coblentz
Knowledge, Understanding, and Love III: Ignorance through Grace
Ignorance and the Good The last entry in this series noted that recognizing our own ignorance—the simple recognition that we do not possess the Truth, but that the Truth possesses … Read more
Discouraging Heroes: On Motive and the Abortion Debate
Concern over Motive A few years ago, someone who claimed to be a feminist woman wrote an article—which turned out to be a fake—in which she declared that she had … Read more
A Primer on Justice
“What we need is a national conversation…” The call for the correction of injustice resounds throughout every corner of contemporary society—from the legal system, to prices of goods, to taxes, … Read more
The (Dis)comfort of Christmas
In a moving piece, Kevin D. Williamson laid out the thoughts of Mary and Joseph against the backdrop of the story of Abraham and Isaac. Mimicking the thoughts of unbelievers … Read more
Knowledge, Understanding, and Love II: Ignorance and Information Technology
Remembering vs. Reminding: Fit In the previous post on this issue, we ended by asking why we should blame technology for our strange (but organic) mix of arrogance and foolishness. … Read more
Moore, Jones, and the Deceitful Heart
The recent senate race in Alabama and the win of Doug Jones, and loss of Roy Moore, has stirred up a lot of negative feelings. I’ve seen people on both … Read more
The Trinity as a Response to our Identity Crisis
The events that took place in Charlottesville recently, as well as much of the apparent dissolution of the social and cultural fabric of the U.S. in the months up to … Read more
Knowledge, Understanding, and Love I: Knowledge as a Problem
A Problem with Knowledge “Ancient people were full of superstition, believing the most ridiculous things because they didn’t have access to modern science and technology. Since the enlightenment, humans have … Read more
Non-Historical Salvation, Apologetics, and Story-Telling
Non-historical views of salvation encourage us to ignore what is happening in the world and the Church’s role in it. Our average Christian’s non-story is an artless mix of Disney-ification (we cannot look too deeply into the troubling parts of life for fear it may mar our happy ending) and the deus ex machina (whatever story is taking place now is miraculously fixed by an intrusion unrelated to the story itself).