Monthly Archives: November 2024

Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? –Luke 13:7 (KJV)–

1. I seek at the beginning to get my heart into such a state that it has no will of its own in regard to a given matter. Nine-tenths of the trouble with people generally is just here. Nine-tenths of … Continue reading →

O quickly come, dread Judge of all;for, awful though thine advent be,all shadows from the truth will fall,and falsehood die, in sight of thee:O quickly come, for doubt and fearlike clouds dissolve when thou art near. O quickly come, great … Continue reading →

And I watch how your big wordsReturn with an echo of emptinessInside your walls of fearFeeding the insecurity And I watch as your soulSwallows the blackest lieResurrection rejectedDenial of the truthSymptoms of a blind man The spirit that fears the … Continue reading →

Responding to John Crowder’s universalist “Consuming Fire” series caused me to refine some of my Hell-fire bibliography that I had originally laid down in my book The Gospel of Jesus Christ… Augustine, The City of God (Penguin, 2003), ch. 21.26. … Continue reading →