Backward Mutters

  • An Oft Repeated Historial Fallacy

    In speaking of the announcement last week that two more planets orbiting other stars have been found in habitable zones, Ross Douthat assumes an oft repeated fallacy regarding Medieval cosmology here. He writes, “The first possibility obviously raises theological as well as scientific questions. In one sense, it elevates humanity, restoring us to…

  • An Easter Meditation

    Thoughts on Easter and my wife’s recent hospitalization. You may listen to it here. 1 Peter 3:18“For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit…” Brought to…

  • Materialism’s Heavy Baggage

    The upshot is this: If the mathematics of quantum mechanics is right (as most fundamental physicists believe), and if materialism is right, one is forced to accept the Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics. And that is awfully heavy baggage for materialism to carry. If, on the other hand, we…

  • One Morning along the Louisville Riverwalk

    Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the wood* of life, bearing twelve crops…

  • "This intolerable calling…

    This intolerable calling requires courage and humility. It requires a life full of God. It also requires that the preacher become as wise as possible. Even an expository preacher has to become a kind of sage, a person who is conversant on the range of biblical topics and who can…