Courage is bravest with love to embolden it;

Love is warmest with courage to defend it;

Virtue unites the two.

While I was reading biochemistry.  I thought it odd, to see the contrast between the science in my book–atoms and molecules and enzymes–and beauty of it all put together.

Somehow with creation, it seems the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

It is otherwise with emergents, when, instead of adding measurable motion to measurable motion, or things of one kind to other individuals of their kind, there is a co-operation of things of unlike kinds. The emergent is unlike its components insofar as these are incommensurable, and it cannot be reduced to their sum or their difference.”

–(Lewes 1875, p. 412)

Somewhere on ChristianSinglesToday.com, surrounded by advertisements for such CM classics as “Choosing God’s Best” and “Boy Meets Girl,” stands a lonely column entitled “The Top Five Myths of Christian Dating.” Written by Stephen W. Simpson, PhD, and selected from What Women Wish You Knew About Dating: A Single Guy’s Guide to Romantic Relationships, the column tackles some of the extra-biblical teachings propagated by many within the Courtship Movement.

Though Simpson grants more concessions than necessary, especially when describing past pre-marriage activities as “courtship” without distinguishing between what modern Christians mean by that term (there’s a vast difference), I heartily recommend it as a huge step in the right direction.

Check it out and let me know what you think.

–Edmund

CBN reports that Obama plans to unveil a program designed to attract young Catholics and Evangelicals called “Joshua Generation.”  Sound familiar anyone?  Homeschoolers have long operated a youth program called Generation Joshua.  Read the HSDLA’s statement here.

German Lutherans will likely elect their first openly, actively homosexual bishop. I praise God for all the Lutherans who, in resistance to forced syncretism, came to America and founded the Missouri Synod.

You should be sure to check out St. Anne’s Pub for interesting theological discussions in an informal atmosphere.  I recommend track number six on the Fatherhood album.

Ann Coulter has some nice things to say about President Bush.

I generally don’t write columns about the manifestly obvious, but, yes, the man responsible for keeping Americans safe from another terrorist attack on American soil for nearly seven years now will go down in history as one of America’s greatest presidents.

Produce one person who believed, on Sept. 12, 2001, that there would not be another attack for seven years, and I’ll consider downgrading Bush from “Great” to “Really Good.”

I love this site correcting common grammar errors.

Just a quick thought:

With the Californian ban on teaching your children (somtimes referred to as “homeschooling”) settling in and rumors of similar plans in other states beginning to spread across America, I wonder if this is going to have an effect on the career choices of young Christians.

You see, the Californian ban, like bans in the past, stated that only certified teachers can homeschool (Nature forbid children somehow hear something the government hasn’t sanctioned).  Since it is mostly conservative Christians who want to homeschool, this encourages conservatives to enter the education field so they can be certified to teach their children, should this certification ever become necessary.

Whether this translates into more conservative teachers (the barrier to entry has been removed), more conservatives involving themselves in education institutions, or a greater ability for conservatives to connect with and respond to educators remains to be seen, but there is one thing we do know:  Romans 8:28.