When waters break, their power spent in fine mist on the breeze, to thus retreat and gather up to hurl again against those jagged boulders yet unfazed; What purpose, they, whose molten age in fiercest shapes did freeze, their faces polished now by salt and sand, igniting foaming fury upward raised? And why the rolling…
Category: Christianity
Essays relating to Christianity, or explaining key aspects of the Christian faith
Rewriting History
Elsewhere, I have discussed the nature of the struggle against Islamic terror, and the importance of understanding the religious nature of this war. A commenter pointed out that he was dismayed that I have such a poor understanding of history, and asserted that Christianity and Islam were brothers, and had been so throughout their history….
Reason & Revelation
In recent essays we’ve been mud-wrestling about scientific materialism vs. faith — especially with that peculiar disdain and condescension secular scientists often exude toward those foolish enough to believe in a divine Creator. Regarding my response to the skeptical scientist, I received another thought from a reader regarding reason and Christianity: … I think you…
A Fascinating Futility
I enjoyed this article, from the Seattle PI, in July 1940, on some “unusual” behavior on the just-completed Tacoma Narrows bridge — the same bridge which collapsed spectacularly 4 months later. I especially appreciate this part: Although the bridge is said to be utterly safe from an engineering standpoint, vertical movements along the center suspension…