Tag Archives: John Milton Paradise Lost

barry’s shoes

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Dave

Deadbeat nation. Manifest destiny and divine providence and in the the promised land a tough decision over which pair of shoes to wear. Put your best foot forward, and maybe wear loafars so you don’t trip over the laces. Steering … Continue reading →

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triumph of instinct over intellect

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Dave

All comedy aspires to laughter, although not all laughter is related to comedy. Still, many essential aspectsof comedy find affirmation in this response. To begin with, as Aristotle long ago observed, laughter is a uniquely human prerogative. Even that staid … Continue reading →

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end of narnia

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Dave

To make theology entertaining. The seven books for children which comprises the Chronicles of Narnia, published between 1950-1956 was a high accomplishment. As “space” was the medium of his trilogy, another common science fiction element, “dimension” is that of the … Continue reading →

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from strength to strength

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Dave

C.S. Lewis. The Christian spaceman who put theology into outer space and planetary adventure… The third novel in C.S. Lewis’s space trilogy series , That Hideous Strength, is a buyoant satire on the overweening pretensions of technology and the social … Continue reading →

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finding eve: eternal mantle of the clouds

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Dave

C.S. Lewis, the Apostle to the Skeptics. The man who admitted that god was god and became “the most dejected and reluctant convert in all of England.” With his space trilogy, he became the Christian spaceman… In contrast to our … Continue reading →

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onward christian spacemen: the turning of the screwtape

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Dave

C.S. Lewis was an English man of letters who made theology a form of entertainment in The Screwtape Letters, then with his space trilogy theology went astral… The overwhelming distances of astronomy, which leaves the human helpless in the presence … Continue reading →

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paradise found lost and imagined

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Dave

In search of paradise. In our shrinking globe there are not too many paradise’s that still endure. At the Red Fort in Delhi, one can still see decorative Persian script of the seventeenth-century over the arches illuminating the words, ” … Continue reading →

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the thin white line

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Dave

He was known for the quote, “luck is the residue of opportunity and design,” even though it was most likely a misattribution, but even then, John Milton and Paradise Lost could have served as pretext for much of Branch Rickey’s … Continue reading →

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pandemonium: blasts of icy wind

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Dave

In Jewish and Christian thought there are not only good angels but evil angels. These last, once the servants of god, though fallen are still mighty. Since they were once heavenly beings, they have wings; since they rebelled against god … Continue reading →

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don’t mess with the holy fool

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Dave

Regarded as a kind of holy fool who could stretch time and space while spitting on Isaac Newton’s cape and could scare off Voltaire with flashing visions of nihilistic revelry,a positive nihilism, a kind of messianic negation of the mundane … Continue reading →

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