Extra Thoughts

In the course of studying messianic prophecy, I recently came upon 2 Samuel 7:14. It's alluded to as a prophecy of Jesus Christ in Hebre...

A reader has attempted to post an entirely off-topic question in a recent post. The question concerns probability theory and the resurrectio...

This is a follow-up to the previous post. Subsequent to writing that post, I did more research on the British anti-semite whose book was lau...

I very recently learned about a little brouhaha that's been going on for a while when someone sent me a link to this article . It's ...

I owe a certain debt to Cyrus the Persian. I made his acquaintance fairly early, for he lived between the pages of a children's magazine...

I don't suppose I really screamed. What had happened was that I had fallen asleep at last and drifted into nightmare. I was imprisoned i...

"Not for me the Hound of Heaven, but the never-ceasing silent appeal of Tabernacle, and the sense of starving hunger." J.R.R. To...

"Men choose one side or the other, making the best choice that they can with the knowledge that they have. Yet they know little and the...

I've been neglecting this blog recently and realize it. Call it laziness. Call it Christmas rush. Call it busyness home schooling. Proba...

A couple of years ago I put up a post about this hymn and its new incarnation by blind singer Ken Medema. At that time it was not available...

It is not the fact that young lovers have no desire to swear on the Book. They are always at it. It is not the fact that every young love is...

While the east coast is having snow, we're having cold, crisp autumn. Here was my post two years ago on autumn, travel, and coming hom...

I don't have time to write much about this, because I'm at work on a technical paper. But since I do occasionally write about Israel...

I'm blatantly using W4 as a jumping-off place for a post here, since I have been neglecting this personal blog lately. I hope that my es...

It's been a long time since I heard this song. It seems to have gotten left behind in the seventies. But it's a good 'un, even i...

Doctor Jenkins turned from the window and there was an almost imperceptible tautening of his whole frame. The Dean, with a slight smile, pus...

...will be stolen. See below. Meanwhile, my gift to Extra Thoughts readers is that I will not give a spiel on where I was and what I was do...

A few months ago I wrote this post on the connection between prose and passion in Christianity. Today I'm thinking about something a ...

Okay, time for another outbreak of Gospel music. I know we've had this one before, but hey...Ernie Haase with the Cathedrals, long ag...

This should not need to be said, but I've become aware (most recently through some reactions to a post at W4) that some in the evangelic...