If a dairy farmer by the name of Fred Waye developed a unique method of determining how much whey would would be produced in making milk curd, would it be called, "The Waye Way to Weigh Whey?"
Another short command from a teacher to his student: "Write rite right!"
Friday, November 25, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Silly Thought
I was getting a shower this morning, and after I finished I reached down to clean out the strainer that catches hair from clogging the drain. There was not a lot of hair there, but enough for me to think, "There's two days of hairing loss." Aging gracefully!
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Wright Wrong Or Just Over the Top
I was considering devoting some of next year's reading to the writings of the former Anglican Bishop of Durham N.T. Wright. Looking into the comments on one of his books,Jesus and the Victory of God, I read this rather sage comment:
"Chesterton said, one of the ways to get home is to stay there. Wright allows that Biblical criticism is taking a more circuitous route, (he himself uses the metaphor of the Prodigal Son), and he almost makes me think the view along the way might be worth it. But if he choses to lecture about the layout of the family farm when he returns, he ought to acknowledge that some of his hearers have been on that ground for a while already. Wright seems less kind to his conservative Christian "elder brethren" than to younger (separated) brethren still sowing wild oats in the far country of historical speculation. This attitude troubles me.
After hundreds of pages of argument, Wright rather abruptly asserts that "Jesus did not know he was God," at least not as one knows one "ate an orange an hour ago." He thinks such self-knowledge would be unbecomingly "supernatural." (Though he doesn't quibble with multiplied loaves or the resurrection.) At this point one gets the feeling that Wright's conclusion (or guess) is based less on historical evidence (which, as another reader points out below, ought to include John, Paul, and other Jewish Christians), but on a desire to keep a souvenir from the far country -- perhaps to show other scholars. Or maybe he just doesn't want to sound too conventional -- publish novelties ("discoveries") or off with your academic head."
I fear that I have an academic penchant, a tendency towards the Wright Weakness. Lord have mercy!!
"Chesterton said, one of the ways to get home is to stay there. Wright allows that Biblical criticism is taking a more circuitous route, (he himself uses the metaphor of the Prodigal Son), and he almost makes me think the view along the way might be worth it. But if he choses to lecture about the layout of the family farm when he returns, he ought to acknowledge that some of his hearers have been on that ground for a while already. Wright seems less kind to his conservative Christian "elder brethren" than to younger (separated) brethren still sowing wild oats in the far country of historical speculation. This attitude troubles me.
After hundreds of pages of argument, Wright rather abruptly asserts that "Jesus did not know he was God," at least not as one knows one "ate an orange an hour ago." He thinks such self-knowledge would be unbecomingly "supernatural." (Though he doesn't quibble with multiplied loaves or the resurrection.) At this point one gets the feeling that Wright's conclusion (or guess) is based less on historical evidence (which, as another reader points out below, ought to include John, Paul, and other Jewish Christians), but on a desire to keep a souvenir from the far country -- perhaps to show other scholars. Or maybe he just doesn't want to sound too conventional -- publish novelties ("discoveries") or off with your academic head."
I fear that I have an academic penchant, a tendency towards the Wright Weakness. Lord have mercy!!
Monday, November 7, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
David Bentley Hart
I have recently discovered the writings of Mr. Hart. I bought his book, The Atheist Disillusions, which was one of the best books that I have read in some time. I recommended it to my bishop, who tells me he is greatly enjoying it. That being said, I told a friend that his writings are filled with so many words that I have never encountered before, that I felt like I was back in Kindergarten and I just opened "Dick and Jane," for the first time.
A great Blog dedicated to Hart's writings, called The David B. Hart Appreciation Blog can be found HERE
A great Blog dedicated to Hart's writings, called The David B. Hart Appreciation Blog can be found HERE
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