A Good Russian
I’ve written here a few times about some of the Russians I like, but I don’t think I’ve touched on this one yet. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was a 19th century Russian… Read more »
Ryle on Passive Graces
Another wonderful passage from J. C. Ryle’s book, Holiness: Genuine sanctification…will show itself in habitual attention to the passive graces of Christianity. When I speak of passive graces, I mean… Read more »
Fool me twice…
This week I’ve given some thought to a bit of a problem with professed “Christians” and the Republican Party. I was prompted by a couple of things, first of which… Read more »
“The World’s Greatest Guitarist?”
I’m not a musician by any means. I don’t even listen to a lot of music (compared to some people). Perhaps I’m more discerning though. I love all kind of… Read more »
J. C. Ryle on Sanctification
I read this wonderful passage on sanctification from J. C. Ryle’s book Holiness (a wonderful book in itself) and it set me to thinking: Sanctification…is the only sure mark of… Read more »
On the Road Again…
A nice day, and a great opportunity to get out. I couldn’t pass it up, even if it was only for a short trip. I’ve been a bit philosophical lately,… Read more »
Friday Already…
Time flies when you don’t have anything much to say, so here’s another bit of random… Our poor dog just had surgery the other day to remove five masses from… Read more »
Random Saturday
I’m only on here because I haven’t been much lately. And for good reason. With the holidays, family is in town, and of course I’m quite busy enjoying my time… Read more »
The Fairest of All
I haven’t been around much lately. I have a handsome little boy living at my house who takes up a lot of my spare time; but grandpa duty is never… Read more »
The Final Tally
I just finished Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad. It’s an excellent book that read so quickly I was able to finish it on time (that is, before midnight on December… Read more »