The main distinction Lewis makes between the literary and unliterary person can be seen in their approach to literature.
Tell Me "How Romantic Is That"?
I won’t regret anything at all
if the only world we see is
outside the windows of our minivan
now playing: top 5 albums this summer
They say that you should seek to make a profession out of the things you would do even if no one was listening/reading/buying/paying attention. Hmm. Here I am talking about music again.
Now and Then
You see, I like oldies. I cut my musical teeth on the hits from the 50's, 60's, and 70's. In our home my parents preferred Easy Listening, but my friends listened to Top 40. Needless to say, I learned to appreciate a wide variety from both sides.
The Seed of the Serpent & the Seed of God
Many set beauty and darkness against each other, but I believe there is real beauty in darkness. This is not the time or the place for that debate, but that is where I am starting.
Now Playing
Despite my lack of a musical background (even the humble harmonica eludes my mastery), I do love, need, and crave music. I also love sharing it with people.
Incarnation & New Creation
Eschatology must submit to the story of Scripture and follow the story as it leads us to Christ. Too often eschatology (and theology in general) has abandoned the narrative of scripture. This can only lead to confusion and ultimately away from Christ.
Appropriately Analyzing "An Introduction"
A faithful child of the Reformation would answer Ramirez with "Christ is in the word and sacraments."
dystopia: one introvert's escapism
In the meantime, if you need me, I'll be in a corner near an exit. Probably scowling, drinking bourbon, and imagining that I'm the only one in the room.
There is No "Intertestamental" Period
History belongs to God. He is the great author. To look at periods of time in history and assume that God is not acting is to think like a pagan.
Reading the Bible as a Literary Person
Unfortunately, it is this type of pragmatic unliterariness that so pervades many Christians’
John Calvin and the Civil Magistrate (Part 2)
"It is our duty, therefore, not only to pray for those who are already worthy, but we must pray to God that he may make bad men good." - John Calvin
C.S. Lewis on Being a Literary Person
No doubt there are many morals and messages held in the great works of literature. However, to approach a work of literature with the sole intention of mining these things is to approach literature as an unliterary person. In the case of the literary person, they approach a great work with the main intention to sit under the author’s tutelage. In this
Intentionally Being Intentional About Intentionality
I am far from a perfect covenant parents. Instead, I call to mind the promises of God and try to communicate them to my children faithfully. The whole time recognizing that our efforts are analogous to 1) "Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief" (Mark 9:24) or 2) "We have only five loaves and two fish" (Matt 14:17).
music consumption
I would argue that a trustworthy artist puts thought and care into their tracklisting, so give it the respect due.
Relativism, Objectivity, & Fittingness
A recovery of beauty in the realm of aesthetics in the church is not going to be an easy task. It is going to take a long time and the odds are unlikely that our generation will taste the fruit of faithfulness. But what greater example of selfless love is there than laying down our own aesthetic preferences so that our great grandchildren can reap the fruit of a robustly beautiful church.
Book Review: Understanding Gender Dysphoria by Mark Yarhouse
“We do not want to artificially endorse rigid gender stereotypes that make cultural normative expression of gender roles a marker of obedience to God or something along those lines.” (150-151)
Barth Before Barth
"Whereas God had withdrawn to a distance from us, he has drawn near to us in Christ, and thus Christ has become to us the true Emmanuel, and his coming is God’s drawing near to men."
John Calvin and the Civil Magistrate (Part 1)
The church cannot suffice as a law unto itself. Calvin says, "they stupidly imagine her to be such as she never can be found in the community of men."