Musings (4/4/22)

  • Here’s the next lecture in Dr. Godfrey’s excellent series on “what is going on right now?” in which he deals with Freud: Dr. W. Robert Godfrey, "What Is Going On Right Now?" (12)

  • There’s much discussion of natural law in Reformed circles these days. This essay is must reading if this topic is of interest to you: Richard Muller on Natural Law in Kuyper and Bavinck

  • A religious war at its heart? More on the Russian Orthodox church’s support for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine: Putin's Jihad in Ukraine

  • But the rest of the Orthodox world sees things much differently: The Orthodox Churches Respond to Putin's Jihad in Ukraine

  • Here’s a helpful essay on a perennially disputed topic. Biblically speaking, what can women do in the churches? S. M. Baugh on the Role of Women in the Church

  • This came as a huge surprise. 53% of Americans cannot name all four of their grandparents: The Sad Decline of the American Family

  • The Chinese Intelligence agencies do not care about cute puppies, your child’s first steps, or various teenage antics. Their massive collection of America data is much more sinister than that. This essay was eye-opening. China's Data Collection -- Stay Off Tic-Toc

  • The stupid “ghost rule” will be back for 2022. MLBPA shirkers (the players) lobbied to have extra-inning games begin each new inning with a runner on second base (the ghost) making it easier to score, thereby shortening extra inning games.

  • This is truly an amazing discovery from Western China: 3000 Year Old Pants -- A Marvel

  • Why do so many commercials feature people dancing? I’ve never even once thought of dancing around my house because I found some new product, or learned of a medication with a gazillion side effects. I know many of you like to dance, but I’m with Jerry Seinfeld on this one. When asked by a young woman if he often went out dancing, Seinfeld replied, “no, because it's so stupid.”

  • Judge Judy is a curmudgeonly battleaxe who gets worse with age, but she is one of the few people left in American culture who tells people “I don’t care about how you feel,” just give me the facts.

  • If you have been following my series on Job, you might like the “Job Action Figure” below.

The “Action Figure of Job” complete with sores (or else he’s wearing a camouflage shirt)

Kim Riddlebarger