by Didact | Dec 25, 2019 | Christianity, Uncategorized
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. — Isaiah 9:6, English Standard Version It is Christmas at...
by Didact | Dec 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
A few days ago I answered a question from reader JohnC about certain troubles brewing in India, related to the passage of what is known there as the “Citizenship Amendment Bill”. And make no mistake, there have been some serious troubles; massive...
by Didact | Dec 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Reader JohnC had an interesting question for me from the Mondaydact Browser Crash for this week: Hey Didact, what are your thoughts on the Indian bill on citizenship? No Muslim can apply. The article that he references in his question can be found here, and I’m...
by Didact | Nov 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Apparently the small-screen adaptation of famous atheist Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series is pretty unwatchable, because absolutely nothing happens of any consequence to anybody: HBO’s latest fantasy offering is an adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s...
by Didact | Oct 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
I realise that I am a few days late to this hilarious dogpile onto The Jeff Bezos Blog – er, I mean, The Washington Compost – because of the way that they completely screwed up the obituary for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But it’s never too late...
by Didact | Oct 27, 2019 | Christianity, Uncategorized
Reader JohnC911 – I believe this is the same reader who runs the JJ Podcast, on which I appeared a few weeks ago – asked a question related to the spread of Christianity in India that is worth answering in some detail: In your experience you think their...
by Didact | Oct 13, 2019 | Christianity, Uncategorized
The Plains of Heaven by John Martin Longtime reader and friend of the blog Kapios wrote in to my post about how the Lord uses broken tools to do His work with an interesting series of questions: Could it be that sin must absolutely exist for humans to be content?...
by Didact | Sep 22, 2019 | Christianity, Uncategorized
There are many things that each of us have established as part of our daily routines. You wake up at a certain time every day. You brush your teeth, shave, shower, drink coffee (or tea), eat breakfast, get in your car, go to work, come home, watch TV, read a book, go...
by Didact | Sep 15, 2019 | Christianity, Uncategorized
Original painting by John McNaughton Normally I would just post up some Scripture and leave things there, but two heavy questions have been pressing on my mind for some time now and I wish to take some moments to address them. The first concerns a rather knotty and...
by Didact | Sep 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
In most civilised nations, eighteen years is the span of time required for a child to go from a squalling wailing helpless little blob, through to the wobbly walking and falling over stage, up to actual controlled movement and motion, onward into having a real...
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