Keith Mathison

One of the perks of teaching a class on Tolkien is that students create all kinds of things. One student has now turned me into a wizard lapel pin (with a volume of Petrus van Mastricht in my belt). Apparently I need to grow a long white beard. 🤓

I am blessed to be able to teach at RBC. If you can, please do visit. It's always great to meet face to face!

I started reading the Oxford History of the U.S. a while back. Because each vol. covers about 30 years, it is a long multi-volume set, so I read a chapter or two as time permits. I've completed the first two now. On to What Hath God Wrought (1815-1848)

The world says: "My body, my choice." The Christian confesses: "I am not my own, but belong body and soul, in life and in death to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ."

Dear Cardinal Newman. In no possible world can THIS be chalked up to doctrinal development. Putting Mary between the cherubim on the mercy seat of the ark is not development. It is blasphemy.

In his book Reformed Covenant Theology (p. 83), @PastorPerks says that the person who had the best name in the history of Reformed theology was Taco Hajo van den Honert. I think I have to agree.

The mind is not reducible to the brain, but problems with the brain caused by birth defects, diseases, or damage do impact things like memory, cognitive ability, emotions, behavior, etc. Docetism is an error in anthropology just as it is an error in Christology.

My Credo column in today’s @thetimes: God is an inconvenient truth in debate on assisted death.

Available Sept. 2! Theoretical-Practical Theology, Volume 5: The Application of Redemption and the Church (Van Mastricht) heritagebooks.org/products/theor…

The orthodox creeds are neither opposed to Scripture nor of equal or higher authority. In Scripture we hear the voice of God saying, "Thus saith the Lord." In the creeds we hear the voice of the church responding, "Credimus - We believe you Lord."

One of the students in my Tolkien class this last Spring painted this to illustrate Tolkien's imagination. The artist's name is Adam Larson. I think he did an excellent job.

“Let the mouth also fast from disgraceful speeches and railings. For what does it profit if we abstain from fish and fowl and yet bite and devour our brothers and sisters? The evil speaker eats the flesh of his brother and bites the body of his neighbor. ” ― John Chrysostom

This was a helpful volume.

Some people think the Middle Ages were boring. Those people have never heard of snail jousting.

Thomas Watson's Encouragement to Christian Parents of Rebellious Children keithmathison.org/post/thomas-wa…

"All their life in this world & all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover & the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story, which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before."

According to the publisher's description, this is a previously unknown satirical fantasy by JRR Tolkien. I've read a LOT by and about JRRT, and I don't recall ever seeing it mentioned. In any case, it's coming in November. You heard of it? @DrAustinFreeman

LOL 😆

I know it's not going to happen, but I wish someone would buy all the rights to BibleWorks and bring it back.

VERY GOOD - Rev. 21:4 - He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. EVEN BETTER - Rev 22:4 - We will see his face!