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First Links—11.21.14
The Microaggression Farce Heather MacDonald, City Journal The Myth of AI John Brockman, Edge What Will Stay…
Predestination, Imperatives, and the Meaning of Being
Stanislas Breton (A Radical Philosophy of Saint Paul, 59) observes that for Paul “Time [is] the expression…
No More Jew or Greek
“Jews ask for signs and Greeks desire wisdom,” says Paul. Most interpretations focus on the objects: Jews…
Exodus to Sabbath
The oath of the strong angel in Revelation 10 knits together two passages. The angel’s oath stance…
God the Monster
Everybody loves Jesus. Gandhi loves Jesus. The Dali Lama loves Jesus. Everybody thinks Jesus just the best. Not exactly…
Being and Advent
Stanislas Breton (A Radical Philosophy of Saint Paul, 56-7) observes that Plato dealt with mythology not be…
Responding to Sullivan on the Marriage Pledge
The Marriage Pledge is not spiteful, as Andrew Sullivan suggests. Nor is it an act of aggression designed…
Removing Christmas (and Everything Else) from the School Calendar
Here’s a lesson in how to irritate everybody. Last week, the Board of Education in Montgomery County,…
Psalms for Haters
Psalm 42. As the hart panteth after the water brooks so panteth my soul for retweets, O…
In A Tight Place with Profanity
Sometimes it’s hard to know what to do, and sometimes it isn’t. The other night I had…
First Links—11.20.14
Front Porch Revolution Gracy Olmstead, The American Conservative The Modern Supermarket Is a Miracle Kyle Peterson, The…
It Is Finished
John records Jesus’ ringing “It is finished” in his crucifixion narrative. But when he gets to Revelation,…
Unnatural Naturalism
In a NYRB review of an exhibition of Cubism at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Julian Bell links the…
What the Marriage Pledge Means
Rational people, people of good will and good sense, will differ about the wisdom of the Marriage Pledge…
Jews Hidden and Exposed
In his remarkable Acquittal by Resurrection, Markus Barth argues that the judgment by which God justifies “cannot be…
