Philosophical Fragments

The Best Reaction Ever

Timothy Dalrymple — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:10:55 +0000

I write most often at this blog on the faith dimensions of social, cultural and political issues. But every now and then I can’t resist sharing a little from my family life. So from time to time I’ll write about Why We Have Children or Why We Marry. One of the weapons in my daddy [...]

Now Save Gosnell

Timothy Dalrymple — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:39:25 +0000

The defenders of abortion “rights” are quick to decry comparisons between abortion and the Holocaust as irrational, morally monstrous and dangerous invitations to violence against abortion providers. Yet Gosnell’s house of horrors has a distinctly Auschwitzian feel about it. Baby’s feet collected in jars, dying babies flailing in toilets, playing with newborns before “snipping” their [...]

Missing: Does anyone care?

John Mark Reynolds — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:20:59 +0000

If an Orthodox bishop is kidnapped on a humanitarian mission, and the American press ignores it, did it happen? If a second Orthodox bishop is kidnapped while on a mission of mercy, and the American government is slow to respond, did it happen? Sadly, the answer to both questions is “yes, two Christian bishops were [...]

Five Questions to Ask a Christian Secondary School

John Mark Reynolds — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:03:03 +0000

New Covenant Christian School gave me more in high school than I gave her. The coaches let me play a high school sport with limited talent. I was able to play an instrument and do a play with even less talent. Miss Balentine taught me English grammer and writing . . .and is not to [...]

On Desire

John Mark Reynolds — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:02:16 +0000

Talking about some issues is hard, because I do not share some of the assumptions in the mainstream conversation. That can make for misunderstandings and so every so often it is good to state what I think are the basic ethical truths that form my bigger ideas. Romance is good, but not a very important, [...]

When Charity Doesn’t Look Like Charity

Timothy Dalrymple — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:29:10 +0000

From my friend Josh Good at the Values and Capitalism project, here’s a great video showing how sustainable economic solutions can be built on free market principles: If you teach – at a university, at a school or at home – on values and economics, you might go to Values and Capitalism and learn more about their [...]

Today We Are All Bostonians

Timothy Dalrymple — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:07:54 +0000

My wife and I lived for eight years in the Boston area, including four years in the heart of Cambridge and two years in Watertown. The very same route from Cambridge to Watertown where the Marathon bombers led police on a deadly chase – we drove it multiple times every day. The police and press [...]

Is Justin Lee Now Misrepresenting the Fact That He Misrepresented My Views on the Levitical Prohibitions? – An Open Rejoinder to Justin Lee from Robert Gagnon

Timothy Dalrymple — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:15:43 +0000

Robert Gagnon, author of The Bible and Homosexual Practice, responds in this guest post to Justin Lee, executive director of the Gay Christian Network and author of Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate. I’m grateful to Gagnon and to Lee for the conversation, and to be clear, I would also welcome Lee to respond [...]

America the Vulnerable: IED’s Have Finally Come to the Homeland

Timothy Dalrymple — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:42:40 +0000

America was reminded yesterday of her vulnerability. Friendly neighbors and vast oceans once buffered the American homeland from the violence and savagery of other parts of the world. Yet now the world has grown too small for that. Technology, liberty, and the global clash of ideologies have made us vulnerable. It’s unthinkable that an army [...]

Margaret Thatcher, Colossus

John Mark Reynolds — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:32:14 +0000

Her alma mater may not be thrilled with her politics, but one American university would be happy to claim her. Margaret Thatcher came to Houston Baptist University and I cherish a picture of one of the university founders walking with her into the event held in her honor. I know from speaking to him the [...]