The Bound Dragon

Ruminations of a Postmillennial Dragon-Slayer (Rev 20:2)

Archive for December, 2007

Moving Again…

Posted by bounddragon on 13th December 2007

Wow.  I really enjoyed hosting my site at reformedblogs.com.   I learned of some other cool blogs, and I gained a lot of new readers.  All in all, it was a great stay.

But, alas, the last changes we went through took away some features I really liked.  And, they just don’t offer all of the control that other hosts do.  And so, I bid farewell…

The Bound Dragon can now be found at bounddragon.wordpress.com, please update your bookmarks and feeds.

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Order Preferred to Chaos

Posted by bounddragon on 2nd December 2007

Peter Leithart summarizing N.T. Wright’s “God in Public” speech.

Against Anabaptists and revolutionaries, the New Testament does not reject pagan order, but teaches that the church must submit to the rulers that be because order, even pagan and oppressive order, is preferable to chaos. The New Testament holds together the truth that the powers are corrupt with the demand that they be obeyed. This is a sign, Wright said, that the order provided by political authorities is a common good, a good shared by Christians and non-Christians, and a common good that Christians should support and further.

These two things can be held together when we recognize that the cross is the victory over powers that twist their God-given mandate to maintain order into tyranny, but after the cross and resurrection the powers that be are reinstated as agents of order, even agents that Jesus, the heavenly king, uses to advance His purposes. He may use them and then judge them, but they are enclosed within his rule. The Church meanwhile is called to remind rulers of their duty to seek wisdom from the Son, and this witness may result in martyrdom, which, Wright said, is central to any Christian political theology. The church also cultivates forms of common life that anticipate the eschatological kingdom and challenge political authorities to imitation.

In short, because Jesus is Lord, the church can collaborate without compromise and critique without falling into dualism. [Emphasis mine.]


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The Twelve Days of Homeschooling

Posted by bounddragon on 2nd December 2007

The 12 Days of Homeschooling

On the first day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“Can you homeschool legally?”

On the second day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“Are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”

On the third day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“Do you give them tests, are they socialized,
can you homeschool legally?”

On the fourth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized,
can you homeschool legally?”

On the fifth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“YOU ARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E., do you give them tests,
are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”

On the sixth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“How long will you homeschool, YOU ARE S0 STRANGE,
what about P.E. , do you give them tests, are they socialized,
can you homeschool legally?”

On the seventh day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“Look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool,
YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them
tests, are they socialized, do you homeschool legally?”

On the eighth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“Why do you do this, look at what they’re missing, how long
will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, what about
P.E. do you give them tests, are they socialized,
do you homeschool legally?”

On the ninth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“They’ll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what
they’re missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!,
what about P.E. do you give them tests, are they socialized,
do you homeschool legally?”

On the tenth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“What about graduation, they’ll miss the prom, why do you
do this, look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool,
YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests,
are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”

On the eleventh day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“I could never do that, what about graduation, they’ll miss the
prom, why do you do this, look at what they’re missing, how
long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, what
about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized,
can you homeschool legally?”

On the twelfth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“Can they go to college, I could never do that, what about graduation,
they’ll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they’re missing,
how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, What about P.E.,
do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”

On the thirteenth day of homeschool I thoughtfully replied:
“They Can go to college, yes you can do this, they can have
graduation, we don’t like the prom, we do it cuz its best,
they are missing nothing, we’ll homeschool forever, WE ARE NOT STRANGE!,
We give them P.E., and we give them tests, they are socialized,
AND WE HOMESCHOOL LEGALLY!

On the fourteenth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me,
“How can I get started, why didn’t you tell me, where do I buy
curriculum, when is the next conference, WILL PEOPLE THINK WE’RE STRANGE?
I think we can do this, if you will help us, can we join P.E.
and we’ll homeschool legally.”

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Emerson Cod on Relativism

Posted by bounddragon on 1st December 2007

“Truth is not a bunch of puppies running around, you can’t just grab the one you like.”

Emerson Cod, “Pushing Daisies

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