Grantian Florilegium

Wednesday, June 30

Waving an Umbrella

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“It is an equally awful truth that four and four makes eight, whether you reckon the thing out in eight onions or eight angels, eight bricks...
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Tuesday, June 29

"Snopsing" Chalmers and the "Gap Theory"

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It is often asserted that the Scottish reformer, educator, and pastor, Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), was one of the originators of the so-cal...
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Saturday, June 26

Upholding Honor

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“On the battlefield, when surrounded and cheered by pomp, excitement, and admiration of devoted comrades, and inspired by strains of martial...
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Thursday, June 24

Bannockburn

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In an effort to relieve the besieged Stirling Castle, England’s King Edward II, the effeminate son of the cruel Longshanks, sent troops nort...

Scots Wha Hae

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In commemoration of the victory at Bannockburn, Scottish poet Robert Burns penned one of his most famous verses--on this day in 1786: Scots!...
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Saturday, June 19

Post-Modernism

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According to our present, prevailing cultural consensus truth is myth , and myth is truth . Likewise, it also affirms feelings and emoti...
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My Cry Ascends

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Why do we worship as we do at Parish? Greg Wilbur explains in a beautiful new video produced by Thomas Purifoy, Ian Kern, and the gifted fil...
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Wednesday, June 9

Women and Children First

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During the Senate hearing following the tragic sinking of the Titanic the doctrine of “women and children first” was very much the topic of...
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Monday, June 7

The Road to Independence

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His resolution “that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States,” approved by the Continental Congress...
Thursday, June 3

The Habit of Thinking

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The students in America’s earliest schools, academies, and colleges were educated according to the great traditions of the Christian and Cla...
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