tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300025992012-01-18T11:07:06.590-08:00The White Badger InnThe White Badger Inn is dedicated to the propagating of the five Solas of the Reformation, as well as affirming the Attributes & Beauty of the Reformed Faith, while maintaining a distinct Reconstructionist Worldview.White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.comBlogger491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-83450688771214855502008-10-02T10:56:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:10:47.806-07:00 "...Not that there is anything wrong with standing for something, no, quite the contrary. The problem seems to be - however - what we are standing on." None of us profess to know everything there is to know. In fact, of late, I've begun to suspect that I know less than I ever thought I did. I am only now learning things I never knew I never knew. And that's not double speak.But there are two White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-19859232461345962422008-08-31T20:00:00.000-07:002008-08-31T20:50:50.701-07:00Autumn HymnWhere burns the hearth-fire brightly,When gathered close around,The goodwife & the husbandBoth seated on the ground.How good to hear them singing,How pleasant is that fare,Where their soft voices ringing,The Lord their God is there.Where steeples tow’r above us,Where chapel bells do toll,The sweetness of forgiveness,From pious tongues extoll.How sweet to hear them pealing,O’er plains &White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-58015524921163174312008-08-31T19:46:00.000-07:002008-08-31T19:51:27.878-07:00"It is a disgraceful and dangerous thing to hear a Christian, presumably giving the meaning of Holy Scripture, talking nonsense on topics non-Christians know from reason and experience.If they find a Christian mistaken in a field which they themselves know well and hear him trying to support his foolish opinion from the Bible, how are they going to believe the Bible on the important matters of White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-20709721776857121372008-08-29T22:08:00.000-07:002008-08-29T22:10:13.220-07:00Thomas Watson, a Puritan pastor from 350 years ago, asked in his book, Body of Divinity, “Why does God delay an answer to prayer?”In other words, why would God ever keep us asking and seeking and knocking when he could respond sooner?Answer?Because he loves to hear the voice of...(your name here).White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-55912828197358007422008-08-29T21:30:00.000-07:002008-08-29T21:54:01.619-07:00Question: "Are we to love the sinner but hate the sin?"Simple Answer: John tells us clearly, that God is love. Before we cloud any issue with thoughts and opinions, let us bear this in mind, preeminently.The Bible clearly teaches that God is love, as well as that God demonstrates love. I John 4:8-9 tells us that if you do not know love, you do not know God. In fact, it goes on to tell us that GodWhite Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-27510637992405757462008-08-23T11:21:00.000-07:002008-08-27T22:16:58.205-07:00 Does Christ Love Sinners?Thomas Brooks 1608-1680"Let us stand still, and admire and wonder at the love of Jesus Christ to poor sinners; that Christ should rather die for us, than for the angels. They were creatures of a more noble extract, and in all probability might have brought greater revenues of glory to God: yet that Christ should pass by those golden vessels, and make us vessels of glory,White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-90477197365587375562008-03-28T17:29:00.000-07:002008-03-28T17:40:04.145-07:00Theophilus argues that the Invisible God is seen through His works. He writes, "For as the soul in man is not seen, being invisible to man, but is perceived through the motion of the body, so God cannot indeed be seen by human eyes, but is beheld and perceived through His providence and works." Here he pauses to examine the wind, being only perceivable by the effects thereof. He closes saying, "White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-47701572838391627842008-03-14T16:53:00.000-07:002008-03-14T20:02:51.869-07:00The Existence of God Have we verifiable proof of the existence of God? Is this a necessity? Must man be persuaded of His existence in order to be Redeemed? Sigmund Freud maintained that what people call “God” is simply their wishful thinking projected outside themselves. People believe in God because deep down they want to; they invent God in the way that a child invents an imaginary White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-44879836631869397052008-01-28T17:29:00.000-08:002008-01-28T17:47:44.830-08:00Dead Guys, Living Theology"I have lived nearly sixty years with myself and my own century and am not so enamoured of either as to desire no glimpse of a world beyond them." C.S. LewisOne of my good friends and colleagues has begun planning for a local DTS. You've heard of them, Dead Theologian's Societies...Some are boring and crusty, with a bunch of dry references, and twenty pounds of White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-23227904824580197642008-01-17T21:03:00.000-08:002008-01-28T17:25:09.214-08:00A Wine Dark Sea and Tumbling SkyA Beautiful Collection of Thoughts from Douglas Wilson For aeons we have sung of arms and men.The deeds sung were mighty, and the exploits of these masters great. We have long sung of men like Odysseus and Aeneas, not only because they were clever, or pious, but because of the weight and beauty carried in the words of their chroniclers. But another triumph, anotherWhite Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-89886881688269031852008-01-17T20:39:00.000-08:002008-01-17T20:52:08.290-08:00"Homer once sang of his Hellenes and Trojansand Vergil composed verse about the descendants of Romulus;Let us sing about the kindly deeds of the King of Heavenwhom the world never ceases joyously to praise.Homer and Vergil took pleasure in speaking aoutthe flames that broughtsudden destruction to Troy and about the struggles of their heroes,but our delight is to sing of Christdrenched in blood White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-2933079367677168142007-11-29T21:06:00.000-08:002007-11-29T21:28:34.406-08:00Suffering To Be DefraudedThe Art Of Brokenness1Corinthians 6: (6) "But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. (7) Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?"Recently, my wife was in a car wreck. The lady who hit her took the blame and White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-33109245734658764542007-10-25T18:02:00.000-07:002007-10-25T18:16:55.156-07:00Here's a shout-out to my sister-site The Prof Tells AllIt's a bit of a break from the usual theological conundrums I tend to work myself into. A bit of java, a bit of economics, a bit of theology, and just a pinch of irregular how-did-this-get-in-here, it makes for a smooth read. I co-author it, so check it out, and enjoy!White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-41693448883697564832007-10-25T17:43:00.000-07:002007-10-25T18:18:37.037-07:00Immoderate ModeracyOuch! Ever discovered that you've been ranting on about something for eons, and those around you are looking at you like, "Will he/she ever grow up?"Yup...I've been there. Paul admonishes us to let our moderation be known to all men.It is so easy for me to go extremist over a new idea or great piece of theology. Some philosophical tidbit gets stuck in my head and I run around White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-88122786785682911182007-08-09T12:23:00.000-07:002007-10-25T18:26:07.580-07:00 What's up with Pret-Idealism?The Hype of Preterism's Schism2 Corinthians 5:17, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." Key "New Heavens and Earth" Passage Fulfilled Internally in ChristPRETERIST-IDEALISM (PI) is being labeled as a new doctrine, or a new finding, when in fact, it is a way of restating some wishfulWhite Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-71870470568275081372007-07-26T06:31:00.000-07:002007-07-26T08:45:43.077-07:00A MouthfulComfort, Coffee, and Trends in SocietyIn a staff-meeting this morning, my Bishop and I were discussing Church History, and trends in humanity; bouncing off of subjects ranging from Martin Luther to Sigmund Freud.We were (a bit laughingly) pointing out the obvious disparities associated with premillennialism and various "rapture" conjectures. After some moments of conversation (and White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-64645810423716906112007-06-27T07:54:00.000-07:002007-06-27T10:51:31.471-07:00Question Of The Month:For All To AnswerWhy does everyone do sums on the insides of book covers?White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-81440078683806818232007-05-30T14:24:00.000-07:002007-05-30T14:56:12.051-07:00White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-21794019023884720362007-05-21T06:22:00.001-07:002007-05-22T10:42:46.953-07:00Spirit Of The TimesIrony Of The TimesI just can't help but think about how terribly funny (and simultaneously sad) it is, that at the end of the year 1492 most men in Western Europe felt exceedingly gloomy about the future.Sound like another of my articles? This one is thanks to Gary DeMar (go figure). . .At that time, "Christian civilization appeared to be shrinking in area and dividing into White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-85992318435233236022007-05-16T13:50:00.000-07:002007-05-17T07:25:02.776-07:00God, thou art my God, earely will I seeke thee: my soule thirsteth for thee: my flesh longeth greatly after thee in a barren and drye land without water. Thus I beholde thee as in the Sanctuarie, when I beholde thy power and thy glorie. For thy louing kindnesse is better then life: therefore my lippes shall prayse thee. Thus will I magnifie thee all my life, and lift vp mine hands in thy Pontius Pilatenoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-633372671298431832007-05-10T09:53:00.000-07:002007-05-11T08:39:34.496-07:00Post-Post MillennialistsThe falacy of the complete MillenniumThe Germans have a word which describes most arm-chair theologians, especially where Eschatology is concerned: zeitgeist.It means, The Spirit of the Times.In this respect, each generation in Christendom has formed and re-formed its own respective Eschatological views.But what is the true answer? How are we to know what is true, without White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-35989756653991884042007-05-10T09:14:00.000-07:002007-05-11T08:40:46.664-07:00Medieval Roots of Dispensationalism?Seven dispensations, the Church, future conversion of the Jews & the invasion of Gog and MagogEdward E. Hindson, the Dean of the Institute of Biblical Studies (Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia) has written that,"Dispensationalism grew out of the heritage of Medieval (Catholic) eschatology...A typical early English version reads:The World shall last sixe White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-52803183997023637932007-04-30T14:16:00.000-07:002007-05-01T13:23:34.668-07:00A Revival Of LogicWhy Protestants Are Thinking (The Neo-Thomistic Doctrine)"Early in the 19th century in Italy certain Catholic professors of philosophy began to see in Thomas Aquinas's teaching basic principles that might resolve the problems associated with Kantian and Hegelian Idealism, British Empiricism, current Rationalism, Skepticism, and Liberalism. By 1850, neo Thomism or White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-54314673705635018562007-04-25T08:50:00.000-07:002007-05-11T09:15:12.195-07:00"But we fear that the dispensationalist method of interpretation does violence to the unity of Scripture and to the Sovereign continuity of God's purposes, and cavalierly leaves out of account a major portion of the apostolic teaching - that, chiefly, of the Acts and the Epistles - as unrelated to the perspective of the Old Testament authors."Philip E. Hughes, Interpreting Prophecy (Grand Rapids:White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-34661069286337262872007-01-22T08:42:00.000-08:002007-04-20T08:19:13.130-07:00The Pillar & Ground of TruthNominalism, Voluntarism, & Thomism continued...If you have not read the article entitled Catholic Protestantism, you should check it out before reading this article.The purpose of this article (Pillar & Ground of Truth) is to emphasize that Thomistic doctrines were not suppressed by the doctrine of the Reformation.When I speak of Thomistic doctrine, I do not point to White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-70091423538826511322007-01-18T10:25:00.000-08:002007-01-30T14:22:23.372-08:00Catholic ProtestantismFundamentalists Linked to Reformers?I read an article on Nominalism & Voluntarism recently. The article argued in favour of what it called "Catholic Protestantism."Sound like an oxymoron? It did to me too, although the author attempted to make it sound plausible. This is basically what was argued (I won't say who did the arguing):'The original postulates of the Reformation White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-7714605113817368532007-01-12T10:44:00.000-08:002007-05-11T09:18:01.988-07:00Worse & Worse?Claiming the Promise of the KingdomModern Evangelical America tells us that times for the Church are getting darker. They purport the message that things are getting worse and worse, and that soon, the End shall come, and the Antichrist shall rule (*let the lightning crash*).The popular idea is that all is spiraling downward toward the final moment when the "Great Tribulation" shallWhite Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-45692323388164784672007-01-08T10:31:00.000-08:002007-01-27T07:34:26.845-08:00Moment of ConversionWhat Is Up With Modern Evangelicals?The early to mid 1900's have seen an escalation of theological nuances which are either ridiculous, or truly heretical. Among these, we find the "importance" of issues such as Numerology, End-times "date" calculation, an unbelievable amount of codes and hidden cryptograms pointing to secret gospels or doctrines, and the one issue which has White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-32101899583468901162007-01-03T14:35:00.000-08:002007-01-17T07:52:50.464-08:00The Reasoning of Evangelical AmericaI'll admit it upfront: I am not what we might consider a modern "evangelical." This means that you probably won't find me pounding on your door on any given day, to instruct you to pray the Roman's Road Prayer. (Doesn't mean, however, that I don't believe in being a witness.)The situation in my mind is - however - one that concerns the inconsistencies in White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-40874990922907634432007-01-02T13:18:00.000-08:002007-01-17T07:55:23.249-08:00A Random Post Mortimer J. Adler, in Ten Philosophical Mistakes, makes the astute observation that “people generally espouse the mistake made by most modern philosophers—that happiness is a psychological state rather than an ethical state, i.e., the quality of a morally good life.” Psalm 1, in its presentation of an ethically upright lifestyle, has much to say about the nature of true happiness.White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1158258359532226232006-09-14T10:45:00.000-07:002007-01-17T08:14:40.739-08:00How Did Christ Die?Tradition & ScriptureI walked into work this morning and was immediately presented with the question: "was Jesus crucified on a stake (a vertical post) or a cross (t-shape)?"My co-workers and I were baffled.Jehovah's Witnesses claim that Jesus died on a torture stake, and that the cross is a pagan symbol that was adopted later.Ecclesiastical Tradition holds (through paintings, White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1157990730059745192006-09-11T08:55:00.000-07:002007-01-17T07:54:12.461-08:00Councils"Gone like wind in the Meadows"J.R.R. Tolkien gave us the Ents: deliberate-acting, cautious-thinking wise Tree-Shepherds who command our respect.The Ents, in turn, give us the Entmoot: an assembly of Ents (often the wise and older ones) who convene to discuss matters of import. By the end of the Third Age, however these meetings had become rare. What is significant about an Entmoot?Two White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1157655289574206212006-09-07T11:50:00.000-07:002007-01-17T07:55:03.036-08:00The Promise Of AutumnThe Hope Of TomorrowII Peter reads,"We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holyWhite Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1155756268556107632006-08-16T11:50:00.000-07:002007-01-17T07:55:58.085-08:00A Journey In GraceHow His Eye Infused That Ray...I don't usually write personal articles, i.e., ones that deal with my life...my experiences, but we'll make an exception.I am the child of a Minister.Reformed...Orthodox...Protestant.You might imagine that I understood the Doctrines of Grace before I knew my multiplication tables...not so.How exactly does one know the moment of one's conversion?I White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1155242499665999302006-08-10T13:24:00.000-07:002007-01-17T07:57:30.219-08:00Prayer For The MonthAdapted from Richard Baxter's Puritan Non-Conformist liturgy of 1660:Eternal, Almighty, and most gracious God: heaven is your throne, and earth is your footstool; holy and reverend is your name; you are praised by the angels of heaven, and in the gathering of your church on earth. Despite our unworthiness, you have invited us through our Mediator, Jesus Christ, to present White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1155236818009766042006-08-10T11:07:00.000-07:002007-01-17T09:07:35.045-08:00Regulative: To worship Him, or selfThe Puritan DilemmaHere is an excerpt from "The Regulative Principle of Reformed Worship in the Puritan Writers and Its Application to the Element of Sung Praise in Worship." (The less cumbrous title is "The Puritan Principle of Worship.")“The Puritan principle of Worship was no invention of the Puritans. On the contrary, it is the principle regulative of White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1155071289129635922006-08-08T13:49:00.000-07:002007-01-17T08:19:23.942-08:00Ignorance of the Law: no excuse?Reformed Protestants hold to the line of thought which says that men will die condemned if God does not regenerate their heart through the Holy Spirit. This means, even if they die on some backwater island with no knowledge of Salvation or the Scriptures, they are still condemned.Armenien brethren would argue (not all, of course - let's be fair) that if they had White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1154733074652846752006-08-04T15:50:00.000-07:002007-01-17T09:08:36.810-08:00Wanted For Murder: Calvin.....or notIt has long been purported that John Calvin "murdered a man," especially by opponents of Calvin. However, History & - it would seem - the Law, are in favour of John Calvin, not a man named Servetus.Servetus was a Catholic rhetorician, controversialist and diplomat. He belonged to that suave and cultured type of Catholic that wins to the Church princes and White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1154731760430968412006-08-04T15:33:00.000-07:002007-01-17T08:01:41.624-08:00“A man with God is always in the majority.” - John KnoxTolerance, or Grace?John Knox: a man who once told the Catholic clergy that they were "gluttons, wantons and licentious revelers, but who yet regularly and meekly partook of the sacrament."He was not afraid of opposition. In ways, it has been argued (see How The Scots Invented The Modern World) that Knox saved Scotland from being overrun by White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1154729911887129102006-08-04T14:57:00.000-07:002007-01-17T09:08:52.999-08:00Calvin's sons! Calvin's sons, seize your spiritual guns,Ammunition you never can need,Your hearts are the stuff will be powder enough,And your skulls are a storehouse o' lead,Calvin's sons! Your skulls are a storehouse o' lead. Rumble John! rumble John, mount the steps with a groan,Cry the book is with heresy cramm'd;Then out wi' your ladle, deal brimstone like aidle,And roar ev'ry note of the White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1151609252315917352006-06-29T11:50:00.000-07:002007-04-16T08:04:30.972-07:00Because The Brits Say It BetterWhy We Have a ConfessionCharles Spurgeon once remarked on the London Baptist Confession of Faith, saying: "This ancient document is the most excellent epitome of the things most surely believed among us. It is not issued as an authoritative rule or code of faith, whereby you may be fettered, but as a means of edification in righteousness. It is an excellent, though White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1151513945803574032006-06-28T09:34:00.000-07:002007-01-17T08:20:25.972-08:00These Things We Hold...Tradition & The Word of GodWhich is most important? Scripture, or Traditions of men?Each time we ask that question, a problem rises: Some claim that Ecclesiastic Traditions are instituted by the Holy Spirit, and thus on equal footing with Scripture. Read the words of the Catholic Confession, Second Ed.:"And [Holy] Tradition transmits in its entirety the Word of God which White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1151349448509476062006-06-26T11:08:00.000-07:002007-01-17T08:08:39.686-08:00First KissThe Paradox of GodMercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.For centuries, mankind has asked the question: "How can a Righteous God spare or forgive my wrong?"Langland's Pier's Plowman illustrates perfectly the picture of Christ & man when it uses the phrase "where righteousness & mercy kiss."Martin Luther struggled with this question as he slowly White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1150997085565723042006-06-22T10:22:00.000-07:002007-01-17T08:09:06.038-08:00"Remember that it is not hasty reading, but serious meditation on holy and heavenly truths, that makes them prove sweet and profitable to the soul. It is not the mere touching of the flower by the bee that gathers honey, but her abiding for a time on the flower that draws out the sweet. It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most, that will prove to be the choicest, sweetest, wisest,White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1150989234276039642006-06-22T08:07:00.000-07:002007-04-16T08:14:50.790-07:00Witch HuntingA Rant On Why The White Badger Avoids Scandals & Stories Ever picked up a Christian Magazine or Newsletter with lines pasted across the cover-page reading: Secrets Shopping Malls Aren't Telling You! ? Like an edition of The Enquirer, yet smeared with a veneer of religion, these heresy-hunting magazines do nothing but spread emulation and divide the brethren. Let me pause here and White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1150926999220015302006-06-21T14:46:00.000-07:002007-01-17T08:10:36.717-08:00Thine Eye Diffused A Quick'ning RayWhy White Badger Inn Rejects SynergismWhat is Synergism? Webster defines it this way:"Synergism – interaction of discrete agencies (as industrial firms) or agents (as drugs) such that the total effect is greater than the sum of the individual effects" Theologically, Synergism is a doctrine that defines the human will as cooperating with Divine grace inWhite Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1150907094416489502006-06-21T09:13:00.000-07:002007-01-17T08:12:54.431-08:00Is Calvin Dead?The Relevancy & Implications of John Calvin's Teachings No one can deny the awesome extent of John Calvin's teachings (1509-1564). It is difficult to lay a finger on the beginning or end of his influence, since much of it overlaps the influence of the gospel, as well as protestantism and the ideologies of the Rennaisance. However, it is just this point which makes Calvin's White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1150837846202883942006-06-20T13:26:00.000-07:002007-01-17T08:13:51.843-08:00"THE REST OF US"A General Rant On Postmodernism Every good discussion on Postmodernism ought to begin with the question; what is Postmodernism? Not because we assume others are ignorant of its definition (they often are), but because it stands to good reason to discuss something on an understood basis, where the definitions are laid out beforehand. Postmodernism is a cultural worldview that White Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30002599.post-1150829210850140322006-06-20T11:36:00.000-07:002007-01-17T08:14:17.369-08:00Arise my body, my small body, we have striven Enough, and He is merciful; we are forgiven. Arise small body, puppet-like and pale, and go, White as the bed-clothes into bed, and cold as snow, Undress with small, cold fingers and put out the light, And be alone, hush'd mortal, in the sacred night, -A meadow whipt flat with the rain, a cup Emptied and clean, a garment washed and folded up, Faded inWhite Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047155415847010553noreply@blogger.com0