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See this excellent article for a summary, with links, as to why the lockdowns are showing up as ineffective. HT: Yih-Chau Chang on LinkedIn. Also, I have written a blog post containing the very beginnings of a causal analysis of lockdowns on COVID deaths here. With regard to my blog post, I...

The Valley of Vision is a collection of Puritan prayers that I have found very helpful over the years. The one I prayed this morning was, I thought, remarkable: The Precious Blood Blessed Lord Jesus, Before thy cross I kneel and see the heinousness of my sin, my iniquity that caused thee to...

I just finished reading Marx's The Communist Manifesto, and have come to the following conclusion: Why anyone takes him seriously today is beyond me. The very first sentence in the book is simply factually incorrect: No, not really. Have there been class struggles? Undeniably. But to reduce...

There's quite a dustup over on Stack Exchange. Apparently, SE has some new rules coming in (not even there yet!), which a respected member of the community, Monica Cellio on Judaism.SE, had some questions about, upon which she got fired from her moderator positions. The new rules have to do with...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9v2h2awAHU&t=446s&list=PLXqNhbObfqJrg2kUg__sNU8PJS46Bv1mi&index=5 This is a Sunday School lesson I taught for both the adults and the high-schoolers at my church a few weeks ago. First, there's a YouTube of the video (see above). Second, there's the...

A Baptist man, a Pentacostal woman, and a Calvinist all die and go to the Pearly Gates to be let into heaven. Saint Peter meets them at the gates, and tells them they have to undergo an examination to make sure they are suitable for heaven. Saint Peter says, "All right, I'll take the Baptist...

I saw a link to an article by Edward R. Dougherty, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Texas A&M, who apparently works in genomics and the cell. Then I noticed that on Public Discourse, he had a whole series of articles. I thought you all might enjoy them, as this guy can...

Today is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day in the USA, and for the occasion, my wife posted a song that she and I co-wrote to commemorate our two miscarriages. She wrote the poetry, and I wrote and performed the music. My brother-in-law Justin did the audio and video editing. Enjoy!

I go for original language helps, whenever I can get them. I am also studying the Latin Vulgate a bit as I am able, to help me learn Latin. Hebrew OT Hebrew OT helps are rather rare, unfortunately. You can buy BibleWorks (390 USD), or get the BHS with Westminster Morphology on Olive Tree (80...

So, I have a colleague, a good friend, who does not believe in the Trinity. He's sort of a unitarian, but with a lowercase 'u' there. I'm trying to convince him of the truth of the great Doctrine of the Trinity, and it seems to me that Divine Simplicity could be of help here - that is, God has...

We've probably all heard the phrase "No creed but Christ", or "No creed but the Bible". The problem is, this simply isn't possible. If someone were to come up to you on the street and ask you what you believe (and you should be ready to answer him, 1 Pet. 3:15), what you're NOT going to do is...

I'm interested in good resources on the doctrine of the Trinity - both the Oneness of God, and the Threeness of the Persons. That is, I'm interested in a Scriptural defense of the Nicene Creed and/or the Athanasian Creed. I'm interested in solid exegesis of the relevant Scriptural texts, and I'm...

The purpose of this thread is to pose fun challenge questions about the Bible or theology that are not terribly deep, and do not provoke debate. Simple assertions, for example, easily backed up by a pretty direct verse, should be the answer to these questions. Here's the starter question: Who...

Paul seems rarely to leave out this Fruit of the Spirit in any of his lists. What is it? Can we come up with a nice genus-and-difference definition? And I ask, how do we get it? I could see this virtue, possibly, as an entryway into the other virtues. What is the relationship between...

The Christian epistemology, as I see it, is this: the Holy Spirit convinces the believer that the Bible is true. Now, the Bible is true regardless of whether anyone believes it or not. It is objectively true. But no one ever thinks that unless the Holy Spirit convinces him. So I'm saying here...

I've worked with MarkFL quite a bit over on Math Help Boards, helping to administer the site; and he, knowing I am a Christian, thought CH would be an interesting place to hang out. So, I signed up, and am interested in discussions about theology in particular. I'm Christian first by the grace...