Monthly Archives: July 2012

I had mentioned earlier that I assent to Aristotle’s distinction between arrogance and pride, arrogance corresponding to what we generally think of as superfluous boasting and unwarranted bragging, whereas pride has to do with a correct assessment of our lives, … Continue reading →

My fishing trip was grand, as always. I missed two of my partners in crime, Jesse and Ed, but the rest of us soldiered on without them, however hard that was. I have been making this trip since 1990 when … Continue reading →

At last recovered from fishing (but more on that later). At last to some thoughts on Romans 9. One of my former Calvinist mentors once opined that most people had little problem understanding why God hated Esau: what the real … Continue reading →