“To those who do what lies within them God denies not grace.” My students sometimes wonder why I make them memorize this late-medieval expression associated with a Franciscan theologian. This is why: (HT: Nick Davis)
Years ago Leonard Coppes wrote an essay in the OPC magazine, New Horizons, on catechizing children. He called it “candychism.” In it he advocated rewarding children who memorize a catechism question and answer. To anticipate a frequent objection: No this isn’t crass . . . Continue reading →
Q. 26. What do you believe you when thou say, “I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth”? That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who of nothing made heaven and earth with all that in . . . Continue reading →
Something I heard recently led to me think about the claim that is frequently made about the three great Western religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We are all frequently said to be “people of the book” and just as frequently said to . . . Continue reading →
One aspect of our new life in Christ to which modern evangelical and Reformed Christians have not always paid a great deal of attention is the matter of virtue. There are some good reasons for this. The medieval church came to think . . . Continue reading →
Readers and others sometimes ask which books have influenced the way I look at this or that. Sometimes I can answer, sometimes I can’t. One influential book that I read early in my academic career, while I was a graduate student, was . . . Continue reading →
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(HT: Pundit Press) Warning: This debate occurred in 1965. James Baldwin uses an objectionable word that was more freely used then to describe American Blacks, which is forbidden today.
As a follow up to my recent interview with Stella Morabito I thought that this clip illustrates some important realities that we discussed. Joe Klein and Jeff Greenfield have impeccable mainstream media credentials. Klein writes for Time. Greenfield is perhaps best known . . . Continue reading →
The air is relatively clear this morning in central and southeast Escondido. The fires never approached the southeast part of town (near the seminary). Earlier in the week there were a couple of small (a fence, a car, and an outbuilding), oddly . . . Continue reading →
Authorities have determined that the Bernardo fire was the result of construction. One of the fires at Camp Pendleton was the result of a burning semi-trailer. The Las Pulgas fire (Camp Pendleton) has grown to 8,000 acres. The causes of the other . . . Continue reading →
The Escondido Fire Dept. is battling a two-alarm structure fire at Calvary Assembly Church, in central Escondido. It’s a little suspicious that this fire should start now. It’s warm and winds have died down. It’s still very dry (6% humidity) but . . . Continue reading →
In 2007, in an earlier version of the Heidelblog, I posted this photo of (now) San Diego Fire Capt. Danny Miranda. He’s served as a deacon in the Oceanside URC and today he’s one of many firefighters from across Southern California who . . . Continue reading →
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As the sun has begun to set, the winds have calmed, and air tankers are flying overhead almost constantly now. Cal Fire has shifted their concentration from a fire to the south. They are picking up fire retardant at the Ramona airport . . . Continue reading →
You may have seen online that wildfires have broken out in San Diego County. There was an 800 acre fire yesterday southwest of Escondido in the 4S Ranch area (west of Rancho Bernardo) but fire crews had that under control. Today the . . . Continue reading →
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