Viewing posts from January, 2018

A Dogmatic Devotion from John Brown of Haddington

by James Duguid | January 23, 2018

Someone recently recommended to me the work of 18th-century Scottish theologian John Brown of Haddington. I spent some time this evening paging through his A Compendious View of Natural and Revealed Religion in Seven Books (free digitally here, hard copy for sale here). It is pretty great. One of the unique features is that Brown includes doxological and applicational digressions at the end of sections, so you don't just learn doctrine, you also find yourself pointed to respond in worship to God. What follows is a selection from the section Of the Nature and Perfections of God:

Thus Spake Elsa

by James Duguid | January 8, 2018

Friends of mine may be aware of my enthusiasm for searching the hidden, philosophical depths of the movie Frozen. Some of them have even expressed skepticism, dear reader, that such profundity truly lies beneath the ice of a Disney film, a film which features a singing snowman, no less. Ah, but you and I know, don't we, that there is more here than meets the eye, even with that snowman? But Olaf shall have to wait for another time. I want to begin the first of no doubt several investigations into the philosophy of Frozen with the quite obvious fact that it draws inspiration from none other than Nietzsche.

Hello World

by James Duguid | January 5, 2018

Thirty is a milestone. Joseph was thirty years old when he started working for Pharaoh.Gen. 41:46 David was thirty years old when he began to rule as king over Israel in Hebron.2 Sam. 5:4 According to Hesiod, thirty years old is the right time for a man to find a wife.Hesiod, Works and Days, 695-7 I am thirty years old today, and I am starting a blog. Well, it's something.