Tuesday, May 5
QOTD: Quote of the Day
"Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind." --Evan Esar
TableTalk
The latest edition of TableTalk Magazine is out. In addition to a helpful daily devotional through the Scriptures, the theme for the various articles in this issue is The Seven Letters of Revelation--urging readers on toward holiness. Contributors include Mark Bates, Chris Donato, Paul Gardner, Dennis Johnson, John MacArthur, Roger Nicole, Jason Stellman, Cornelis Venema, R. Fowler White, and of course, R.C. Sproul.
New Tolkien Book
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien was released today. Written more than seventy years ago, the story retells the epic legends of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, the revenge of his wife, Gudrun, and the Fall of the Nibelungs. Introducing the work is one of Tolkien's renowned lectures on Norse literature. Amazingly, no part of the story or the lecture has ever been reproduced or quoted from since they were first written.
Of course, the Norse legends and sagas were the single greatest influence on Tolkien's writings, and many of the events in Sigurd and Gudrun can be traced through to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarrillion, and The Children of Hurin. No serious reader of Tolkien will want to miss this remarkable new resource.
Monday, May 4
QOTD: Quote of the Day
"Now herein lies the grand peculiarity of the Gospel. It pronounces the utter insignificance of all that man can do for the establishment of his right to the Kingdom of Heaven; and yet, he must somehow or other be provided with such a right ere that he can find admittance there. Ah, grace. Great grace." --Thomas Chalmers
Sunday, May 3
QOTD: Quote of the Day
"This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer." --Will Rogers
Jack Kemp (1935-2009)
"Democracy without morality is impossible."
"Pro football gave me a good perspective. When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded, and hung in effigy."
"It has become fashionable to dismiss almost any significant attempt to change things as single-issue-politics. Politicians, apparently, aren’t supposed to emphasize anything, but are supposed to offer a big menu of small snacks."
"There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble."
“Democracy is not a mathematical deduction proved once and for all time. Democracy is a just faith fervently held, commitment to be tested again and again in the fiery furnace of history.”
“There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.”
“The supply-side claim is not a claim. It is empirically true and historically convincing that with lower rates of taxation on labor and capital, the factors of production, you'll get a bigger economy.”
"Pro football gave me a good perspective. When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded, and hung in effigy."
"It has become fashionable to dismiss almost any significant attempt to change things as single-issue-politics. Politicians, apparently, aren’t supposed to emphasize anything, but are supposed to offer a big menu of small snacks."
"There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble."
“Democracy is not a mathematical deduction proved once and for all time. Democracy is a just faith fervently held, commitment to be tested again and again in the fiery furnace of history.”
“There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.”
“The supply-side claim is not a claim. It is empirically true and historically convincing that with lower rates of taxation on labor and capital, the factors of production, you'll get a bigger economy.”
Friday, May 1
VOTD: Verse of the Day
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1
Stalin Icon
An icon depicting Soviet leader Joseph Stalin has been placed in a church of Leningrad district's city of Strelnya. According to an official spokesman from the Russian Orthodox Church, Evstafy Zhakov, legend has it that Stalin would often discourse with Blessed Matrona of Moscow--the scene depicted in the icon. Though the brutal dictator is believed to be responsible for the genocide of more than 20 million of his own people, Zhakov explained that he sees Stalin as "one of the nation's fathers, no matter how bad he was."
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