Isaiah 53. Words on a suffering servant. The text is familiar, but lately in some dark times of trial, of haunted remembrances of the past and fears of the future, such comfort is here. Who has believed our message? Indeed. The first question preceding the passage reminds us that Jesus would not be believed for [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Meditations on Isaiah 53
Posted in Religion, tagged Isaiah on April 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
How to Win a War
Posted in Military, tagged Afghanistan, Field Marshal Templer, Robert Gates, Sun Tzu on April 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Depending upon how you calculate it, America is on the verge of entering its longest-ever fought war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Here are some thoughts on how to win the war, something that because it is fought by asymmetric, insurgent warfare is first of all based on “hearts and minds,” the center of gravity [...]
Quote of the Day
Posted in Culture, Religion, tagged Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“I have a childlike conviction that the suffering will be healed and smoothed over, that the whole offensive comedy of human contradictions will disappear like a pitiful mirage, a vile concotion of man’s Euclidean mind, feeble and puny as an atom, and that ultimately, at the world’s finale, in the moment of eternal harmony, there [...]
Hannah Hurnard’s Hinds’ Feet on High Places
Posted in Religion, tagged faith, Hannah Hurnard, Hinds Feet on High Places on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I reread Hannah Hurnard’s Hinds’ Feet on High Places. While there are some flaws (self-aware explanation, overly didactic inserted lessons, some odd allegorical elements), it is an in-depth, soul-searching examination of the intimate walk that one can have with our Lord. In the allegory, Much-Afraid desires to ascend to the heights but is trapped [...]
