by Didact | Dec 25, 2013 | Christianity, Uncategorized
From the Gospel of Luke: Mary’s Song And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for He has been mindful of the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has...
by Didact | Dec 5, 2013 | Christianity, Uncategorized
A left-liberal Christian argues that it is possible to hold socially conservative yet fiscally liberal views simultaneously without contradiction, and as usual completely misses the point of Christ’s Ministry: Powers described her gradual progression from...
by Didact | Dec 1, 2013 | Christianity, Uncategorized
There has been some considerable gnashing of teeth among the American right after the recent release of Pope Francis’s first ever papal manifesto- and it’s not hard to see why: “Today everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of...
by Didact | Oct 30, 2013 | Christianity, Uncategorized
One of my favourite poems ever: O God of Earth and altar, bow down and hear our cry, Our Earthly rulers falter, our people drift and die, The walls of gold entomb us, the swords of scorn divide, Take not Thy thunder from us, but take away our pride From all that...
by Didact | Sep 5, 2013 | Christianity, Uncategorized
[Damn religious holidays… If it weren’t for the fact that Rosh Hashanah is today (and I didn’t know it), I could have reached out and punched someone at a Krav Maga class. Instead here I am writing a blog post… Oh well. If you happen to be...
by Didact | Aug 22, 2013 | Christianity, Uncategorized
Whenever I go to London, I make a point of visiting the Tate Britain. This, even more than the British Museum, is probably my favourite place in the entire city, not least because of its collection of works by William Blake and J.M.W. Turner. And when I am at the Tate...
by Didact | Aug 22, 2013 | Christianity, Uncategorized
Part of the reason my posts have been even less frequent than usual is that I’ve been travelling quite a lot of late, entirely for leisure purposes. (Well, in theory anyway; in practice even my holidays tend to be a bit manic.) Last week I took a couple of days...
by Didact | Mar 31, 2013 | Christianity, Uncategorized
Every Easter, Vox Day traditionally posts a quote from Scripture about the miracle of Christ’s Resurrection. This Easter was no different- but then Vox posted his own thoughts on what is, and is not, Christianity. It was, in my opinion, one of his greatest ever...
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