Territorial Bloggings

Carly’s gone. I’ll take partial credit for getting that right, as I predicted the circumstances where it was possible, but not that it would happen. Kristy’s votes, along with a boatload of sympathy votes, went to Brooke, thus keeping her safe for another week. I don’t buy the bogus argument that singing Jesus Christ Superstar [...]

Go read The Man Who Invented Mars.
I blog about this for two simple reasons: First, out of respect for Professor David Strauss. I took a class (American History II) from him at Kalamazoo College back in (IIRC) Spring Quarter 1989. He wasn’t my advisor as a History major (my guy was Dr. David Barclay), [...]

One of the big, controversial topics at last year’s LCMS national convention was the big push for a special convention in 2009 to deal with a massive restructuring of the synodical constitution. After encountering more resistance than initially anticipated, the special convention was tabled & will now be folded into the next regular convention in [...]

One of my pet peeves is when folks trot out the old chestnut of, “Well, I’m not a theologian, I’m just a simple layman…” Sometimes, they even mean it in a truly self-effacing way. Usually, however, I’ve found that it’s meant in a way that’s calculated to cut off any negative reaction, or correction, [...]