Month: March 2004

Terrorist Victory in Europe

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Here’s my favorite quote of the day—John Bush, a.k.a. The Discoshaman, writing on the recent terror attacks in Spain: Only fools and Democrats still believe that appeasement and compromise works with the radical Islamists. They understand force and submission, and no other languages. Harsh, but true. Anyone who thinks that the Islamofacists will stop killing … Read more

Watered-down Sunday School

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Russell Moore on the dilution of children’s Sunday school programs: So many evangelical children’s Sunday school classes are translating biblical texts into a baptized version of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Jesus’ calling of the twelve is about the fact that “Jesus had friends.” Jesus’ multiplication of the loaves and the fish is about the … Read more

Bracket Time

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Since I usually fail so miserably in picking my bracket for the NCAA basketball tournament, I’ve decided to try a new approach this year. For March Madness 2004, my bracket is as haphazard as ever. With more upsets than a Benny Hinn crusade, my bracket is sure be at the bottom of ESPN.com’s Tournament Challenge. … Read more

Bits and Pieces

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Much to my chagrin, I’m always finding out that I’m more influenced by our culture than I thought. Here’s a case in point—last night while reading Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground, I kept getting distracted by length of all the paragraphs—some spanning more than a page. We’re conditioned by a number of influences to partake of … Read more

Cosmetics

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I’ve made some changes to the site layout this weekend. After much internal debate, TruePravda has decided to go 3-column (cue the Jefferson’s theme “Mooovin on up…”). I’ve checked the layout in Firefox and IE 6.0 and it looks OK, but with CSS layouts, you never know. If things on the site look really convoluted … Read more

East-West

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Though there’s widespread allegations of heavy handedness in the election process, ex-KGB man Vladimir Putin won the Russian elections with 69% of the vote (much less that Saddam Hussein’s last margin of victory…). Was the election rigged? It’s quite possible. Did it matter to much if it was? Maybe not: “We voted for Putin because … Read more

Weekend Stops

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Since my basketball team doesn’t fancy road games this year, I’ve done a little blog reading this weekend. Here are some posts of interest: Matt Hall has a report from some friends in Spain who were all but too close to the attacks this week. The Discoshaman has a though-provoking post on the morality of … Read more

Distance and Postmodernity

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Mars Hill Audio has made available an excellent essay [PDF] by theologian R.R. Reno entitled “Postmodern Irony and Petronian Humanism.” In the essay, Reno identifies two of the more prominent elements of postmodern culture as fear of authority and flight from truth. These elements serve to distance people from any serious engagement with truth: Nonetheless, … Read more

Powerless Pledges?

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The latest attack on abstinence education comes in the form of a new study that says people who made “virginity pledges” until marriage are just as likely to have STD’s as those who did not make them. The New York Times report on the story makes it sound almost dangerous to make such a pledge: … Read more

Nazis at the Oscars, Redux

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Last week I posted regarding the Academy Award tribute given to Leni Riefenstahl, who made Hitler’s documentary/propoganda piece Triumph of the Will. Not all were happy with my post. Reader Jonah commented: Leni Reifenstahl was neither an anti-Semite nor a supporter of Hitler (any more than you were required to be a supporter of Hitler … Read more