Author Archives: Plymothian

Growing up in England I used to watch The Young Ones on television.  It is not exactly the kind of programming that I would recommend to conservative, Christian audiences but it was a huge cultural phenomenon in the mid 1980’s … Continue reading →

If you live in America you have probably heard of the fiasco that was the Chicago Marathon.  My wife and I had been training for months and went expecting to complete the race in 4hrs 30mins or so.  We decided to slow … Continue reading →

 My students in Classroom Methods and Management do a survey of individuals around Chicago and their thoughts on values, reality, God and their worldviews.We got the usual responses:  Most people seem to believe in God, a god, the gods, a … Continue reading →

I have just finished reading Song of Songs, the great love poem between a man and a woman that the Bible contains.  In parts it is quite graphic, but it masks its graphic nature with poetic symbolism.  I have heard … Continue reading →

At home with my mother and father-in-law I read Charles Hodges entry on the  Immensity of God and it looks like it is what I am saying.  One of my students, Daniel, contacted Dr. Zuber of the Theology Department at … Continue reading →

God is truly huge.  In fact, God is infinite.  Before anything was created and time began God existed at all points simultaneously.  One essense, three persons in all locations – assuming you can have absolute location in infinity.  When the … Continue reading →

I was trying to think if it was possible to have a Christian murder and I think that culturally it is possible but conceptually it is not.  Of course, Christians can and have murdered but that is not the way … Continue reading →

The summer is drawing to an end, and so I am going back to Moody today for the first in a series of orientation activities.I woke at 5.00 a.m. because I have to get used to it.  So the changes … Continue reading →

Hi Peter.I trust you are enjoying the blessings of God upon your life.  We are blessed by our Heavenly Father Who doeth all things well, particularly as it relates to caring for His children.I agree with the premise of your … Continue reading →

The 200 year anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Great Britain gave rise to the making of the film Amazing Grace which documents much of the life of William Wilberforce. Wilberforce is portrayed in Amazing Grace as wrestling with whether … Continue reading →