“For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, there dwells no good thing.” – Romans 7:18 It’s a day for monsters, and despite reservations about horror for entertainment, I've got a perverse fondness for the cinema creatures that spooked me as a boy. Norman Bates, The Crawling Eye, Baby Jane Hudson and The Thing all cost me a few nights sleep back in the early 1960’s, but none so much as The Body Snatchers, those rude pod-critters that attach themselves to you while you’re napping, then take over. Nothing chilled me quite like the ending, Continue Reading
Strange Ire: John MacArthur, Charismatics, and Controversy
I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often about petty matters. - Anne Frank, “The Diary of a Young Girl” Sometimes it’s best to just look away when people are behaving badly. Spectators at a brawl can, by their presence, encourage and even ramp it up. We all remember what happened in school when someone yelled “Fight!” Everyone came a’ runnin’ because everyone, it seems, is entertained Continue Reading