Speaking of bodies and temples, I’m making the…Read More
Month: May 2013
Mission, distractions.
At present I have a bunch of friends praying for my daughter, who is in hospital. And I am stuck some considerable distance away. All I can do is pray. Next weekend is a three day break (queen's birthday) and one son is up in Auckland... and I pray by then that she will be well.
Lose the Tatts, seek purity.
Psalm 51:6-9 6 You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice. 9 Hide your face…Read More
In defense of psychiatric syndromes.
This post has taken some time to get together. In my professional life, the Americans (who, as usual, are the outliers) have decided to revise their version of the diagnostic manual. When this was first put forward, there was a hope that with the…
Read More The righteous man, phase two.
The Presbyrate and marriage.
Last night I read an essay by Dalrock over at the Orthosphere. This is a very good article, and the conversation that followed (which is quite long) was serious, and well worth perusal. Dalrock summarizes the current situation thusly.
I…Read More