Review of Stephen King's "Joyland" Read more
Review of Stephen King's "Joyland" Read more
This post is part of a series walking through the third volume of Abraham Kuyper’s Common Grace In the previous chapter, Kuyper had divided society into “active” and “passive” parts. The “passive” parts of life have to do with joint joy and suffering. This is social, not familial or personal suffering that we’re thinking about. (Those are dealt with elsewhere.) Suffering is tricky to deal with and often involves a false or shallow sympathy, as well as the temptation of... Read more
Kuyper on work and class distinctions in society Read more
How do we respond when things go wrong? When disaster strikes, when we suffer, when the hard times come? There are three options: We can collapse under the stress, in which case we are “fragile.” Maybe we are strong enough to endure and survive the catastrophe more or less unscathed, in which case we are “robust.” But maybe some of us are the sort of people (or objects, ideas, or institutions) who not only endure suffering but are actually made... Read more
Kuyper on the growth of social life Read more
Review of "The Tuttle Twins Learn About the Law" by Connor Boyack Read more
Kuyper on our social nature Read more
Review of "Sanctification" by Marny Kostenberger Read more
Kuyper on the definition of society Read more
Review of John Chrysostom's Homilies of Galatians, Ephesians, et al Read more
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