RSSBeer and civilization
C BrownSad news today about the sale of Anheuser-Busch to the Belgian-owned, Brazilian-run InBev company. Of course, you shouldn’t have been drinking very much Budweiser even before this sale. You should be drinking local beer (or making your own). But now Budweiser must definitely be booted from the fridge.
Anyway, this news story has spawned an outstanding [...]
An American Patriot Fittingly Passes to A Better Country
W.H. ChellisOn the 4th of July. Made of the same stuff as founders John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Senator Jesse Helms ended his pilgrimage on the 4th of July.
His name will live on as long as men continue to love their country and its tradition.
He has found a better country. [...]
Happy Birthday America!
W.H. ChellisIt is Independence Day, the 4th of July, and my family will be doing all thing patriotic. We already caught the Sodus Bay fireworks late last night. Today we will be going over to the Genessee Country Museum for the festivities- including a traditional parade followed by a reading the Declaration of Independence. [...]
A More Fruitful Discussion
W.H. ChellisI think we were having a fruitful discussion of the relationship between forms, tradition, community, ect. before the conversation degenerated.
I think these are fruitful areas for continued discussion. If it is impolitic to discuss these matters concretely on the basis of the Psalm revisions let us look at the matter more abstractly. [...]
RE: No more discussion
Caleb StegallWhat delicious irony … traditionalists squelched by clerical heavy-handedness in favor of modernizing language … where’s the priesthood of all believers when you need it? The wheels on the bus go round and round …
I say we go back to Latin scriptures AND priesthood of all believers rather than gutter English and the priesthood of [...]
No more Psalm Revision discussion
W.H. ChellisI have been asked by my ecclesiastical betters to stop making or allowing posts about the Psalm Revision committee’s work. This is an ecclesiastically controlled blog and now do my duty- no more on Psalm Revision.
Rather, I have been told to make sure comments- positive and negative- go to the Psalm Revision Committee. [...]
Right to Bear Arms an Individual Right
W.H. ChellisThe SC just released its opinion on the District of Columbia v. Heller on the question of whether the right to bear arms is an individual right within the context of the 2nd Amendment.
Justice Scalia wrote the majority opinion. This is a truly exciting and historic day. I am waiting for [...]
Our Globalist Agenda!
W.H. ChellisDon’t call ‘em foreigners, aliens, or outsiders. The committee formerly known as the Foreign Mission Board will now be titled RP Global Missions… at least until we prove life on Mars. RP Intergalactic Missions is not far off.
BTW does anyone vet this stuff based on appeal to RP demographics? When [...]
What Will the Justification Resolution Mean in the RPCNA?
W.H. ChellisThe Synod adopted the 2008 Report of the RPCNA’s Synod Study Committee to Read and Evaluate Reports and Response of Fraternal (and other) Reformed Denominations and Institutions Concerning the “Justification Controversy.” What a handle!
I am wondering what it will mean for the RPCNA? What exactly are the “theological views that are generally associated [...]
RP Declaration on Justification
W.H. ChellisRev. David Reese shepherded a committee report on the “Justification Controversy” through the Synod.
Here are the recommendations as adopted by the Synod:
1. That Synod DECLARE that we stand in solidarity with our Reformed and Presbyterian brethren in rejecting as contrary to the Scriptures as summarized by our confessional standards the theological views that are [...]