If you ever need to defend your life or the lives on those under your care, you want to have the advantage over the aggressor. You want all your capabilities and faculties to give you an “unfair advantage” over them. In a sense if they are threatening your life, any response you take is “fair” […]
Ponderings
Two Unusual Presuppositions Around the Mechanics of Self Defense
We’re going to assume you, dear reader, have a moral obligation to protect others. To what extent you protect your own life, or even the argument for the use of deadly force, both are worthwhile things to consider but out of scope for today’s ruminations. If you decide to take the responsibility of “Self Defense” […]
Why is Writing so Difficult?
A worthwhile pursuit There’s no doubt writing is worthwhile. One of my favorite theologians says “I write to think.”. In an article “Pipers Six-Stage Process for Writing Books” Piper explains this about the writing process: The very act of trying to make something clear brings deeper and clearer insight into the reality. This is why […]