Captian's Log Free thoughts on The Problem of Evil: 22 Apr 202519 Apr 2025 I owe the idea to a speech given by the late Nabeel Qureshi for which I have not the energy, or perhaps it is the interest, in finding again. To…
Captian's Log The Enemy 2 Jun 202431 May 2024 The vampire limped down the stairs, keeping himself upright by clutching the new railing the workers had put in. The ugly, utilitarian scaffolding, necessitated by lawyers and fear, wobbled uneasily,…
Captian's Log Singing Secrets 12 Oct 202212 Oct 2022 There is a secret I could tell which may drag you into Hell. There is a name I'd whisper here that would fill you full of fear. There is a…
Captian's Log Which Choice, Witch? 22 Aug 2022 Free of freedom and despairInner dreams brought on foul airReturn and thank your evil sireEver bound in thorny wire Bring a sacrifice of bloodUnto the monsters of the floodRing for…
Captian's Log Musings on the Cross of Christ 3 Aug 2022 I thank God for the cross. This instrument of torture is one of the greatest comforts to me. Every day I consider Christ's crucifixion. In the wilderness, Israel looked up…
Captian's Log We Couldn’t See 7 May 20226 May 2022 And as the nails were driven in your hands,to pin you to the cursed treewhich on Golgotha stands,we none could see. And as the spear did pierce your sideto prove…
Captian's Log I 15 Apr 2022 As I have meditated this Good Friday upon the suffering of my Lord, it came into my head that not only have we killed Him but that I killed Him.…
Captian's Log Signs 28 Feb 2022 There is a tombstone. Engraved in the stone are words I cannot read. On the carved cross a corvid sits. The grave is empty below. The corvid sits upon the…
Captian's Log Signs 27 Feb 2022 Wild, the wind was blowing, and dark the sky it grew; Wild, the wind was racing, and dark the signs above. Strange, abhorrent things were born beneath weird, flashing lights.…
Captian's Log Reflections on the Atonement 20 Mar 202020 Mar 2020 Moral Influence I contrarily like and dislike this theory. On the one hand, it brings out a deep truth about God’s love for us, a recognition and knowledge of that…