Kyle-Anne Shiver over at The American Thinker has a must-read article on “Hating the Jews.” The world’s oldest group hatred, it has several possible explanations. None of which stand up to objective scrutiny.
There is one ostensible reason that has the ring of truth to it. And it’s [...]
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Hating God
Posted in God talk, anti-Semitism on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Humility
Posted in God talk on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From an elegant defense of the Annunciation of our Lord by Michael Novak:
Suppose that the Creator of all things wanted to choose one of His insignificant creatures on a small, insignificant planet in one of a myriad of galaxies to invite into His friendship. Suppose He wished to communicate to them to what lengths He [...]
God in each of us
Posted in God talk on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning on my walkabout I happened to pass a young mother with her little girl going into a store. They were walking from the parking lot, talking, and laughing. Both were drop-dead gorgeous, except for one small detail: the woman clearly suffered from a debilitating disease.
She walked with a [...]
What a friend we have in Satan?
Posted in God talk, Satan, sin on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We all know the hymn that starts “What a friend we have in Jesus…“ And we are enjoined, all of the time, to make Jesus our “personal Savior.” And, of course, what good would a personal Savior be if he was not also our friend?
Jesus is with us always, of course. If we are [...]
God on our side?
Posted in God talk, prayer on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
History is chock full to the brim with armies led by men who claimed that God was on their side. This is common in war, as it is in sports. My favorite is the pre-game prayer at Notre Dame football games: “Our Lady of Victory, pray for us!” The exclamation [...]
What the imams fear
Posted in God talk, Islam, Uncategorized on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A little David Pryce-Jones this Good Friday. His subject is the unsurprising fact that Islam can not coexist in peace with other faiths. He provides his insights in the context of a visit this week to Israel, to walk in the footsteps of Jesus on the Via Dolorosa.
That said, and he cites the precipitous drop [...]
Burdens
Posted in God talk on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saints do live among us in modern times. One such was Alfred Delp, S.J. Fr. Delp, a German, resisted the Nazis and ultimately was thrown in prison and executed in 1945.
From the latest book of his writings, Advent of the Heart: Seasonal Sermons And Prison Writings 1941-1944, this short take on suffering:
We should [...]
in him all things hold together
Posted in God talk, apologetics on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Him being Christ. One of my gripes about the endless search for the “Christ of history” is that it trivializes the Trinitarian view of the universe. Jesus of Nazareth was an historical figure, of course. But proving, or disproving, elements of that human history tell us nothing of what Christ means to [...]
unto us a son is given
Posted in God talk on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
– Isaiah 9:6
Merry Christmas
My grace is sufficient for thee
Posted in Faith, God talk on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Some few but powerful words from Scripture. From Paul’s second letter to the church at Corinth, 2 Corinthians 12:9:
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest [...]
