Category Archives: Devil’s Arsenal

Aliens?

Yes. Of course yes. Who could doubt it? I don’t mean, either, illegal aliens, or undocumented visitors. I mean beings that are not human, that visit our planet, who snatch up people, who seek to seize control over the whole … Continue reading

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Addicted to Mediocrity

There are two raging rivers, culturally speaking, that converge to form the lazy river of mediocrity. First, we do not know the excellent. Goodness, truth and beauty, as the great triad of virtues, are so much more demanding, not simply … Continue reading

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Fenced In

It was an astonishing conclusion, though I don’t remember exactly when it came to me. For many years as I grew up I looked forward to the day when I’d be grown up. My assumption was that I’d cross some … Continue reading

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The Gospel of Marx?

Does Jesus’s Compassion For the Poor Mean We Should Support the Welfare State? Absolutely not. First, while we ought to acknowledge that Jesus surely had compassion for some poor, and in turn that this same compassion is part and parcel … Continue reading

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Every Man a Liar

People lie. Cretans lie. Anglos lie. African Americans lie. Accusers lie. The accused lie. Friends of both lie. One of the things we lie about is what we truly believe. Those who say that racism is dead are lying. Those … Continue reading

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What is wrong with anonymous social media accounts?

To grasp what is wrong with them we first must ask what the benefit is. That is, why would a person want to have an anonymous account? I can think of two reasons, though of course there may be more. … Continue reading

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Our Mission? Submission

It is a rather tedious and tiresome thing to pull the legs out from under our national confession. Our country’s creed is not just internally inconsistent, nor is it just incomprehensible, it is both these things. That is, it does … Continue reading

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Why are we so insatiable?

My annual Black Friday tweet says this- “Black Friday is proof that Thanksgiving did not take.” I’m not trying to shame anyone on the lookout for bargains. Neither am I a Scrooge about nice things. I’m in favor of them, … Continue reading

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Neither Are We Grateful

It is a sure sign that we are sinners that we tend to be more concerned about what we do than what we are. That is, our guilt or peace oftentimes is the fruit of our own judgment of how … Continue reading

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We’re So Vain

Some things we never quite leave behind this side of the veil. Try as we might to mature and to grow beyond this peculiar brand of foolishness, I’m afraid that at heart we are still junior high girls. Our problem … Continue reading

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