Bruce Charlton's Notions

If we are honest; we know that our civilization is so deeply rotten, in so many ways, that it cannot be reformed.  Not only is their no sig...

Douglas Adams - of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy fame -  would have been 72 today, if he had not died in 2001.  Is he overrated? Yes...

William Arkle distinguished a way above and out-from the traditional dilemma of obedience versus disobedience to God; by considering the que...

It is more than a decade since I engaged seriously with the work of William Arkle - at first on this blog and the archive blog previously l...

A sublime and heart-breaking trio for the rare combination of Soprano, Contralto and Bass-Baritone; from Mozart's opera to a rather cyni...

If we consider God's Plan of Creation; the usual descriptions are extremely "top-down" - and have the form of a plan of God...

  [The answer to a riddle and a perfect microcosm of the life of the Viennese musical genius, in 30 seconds...] Hey Schubert! What? Coming d...

I have now seen the second, and concluding, part of the 2021 movie of Dune , which I reviewed a few days ago .  While Dune Part Two is a mo...

I have noticed that some traditionalist Christians project-onto " Romantic Christianity " their own notion that it aspires to be s...

Literally incredible - but (apparently) authentic: Indeed, I have only seen one better war archer: Baahubali...

My wife and I "pay our respects" at the grave of JRR Tolkien's Aunt Grace on something like a weekly basis - and today is the ...

Just a heads-up for those, like me, who loved the 2005-8 cartoon version of Avatar - rather surprisingly, the new live-action TV series ser...

At present, it seems that there are no primarily Christian nations in the world. (With the probable exception of the Fire Nation - but none...

I am continually surprised at how few people seem to have noticed that the globalist totalitarian System - which, just about four years ago ...

What a delightful cover photo! I review the recent but not-really- new edition of Tolkien's selected Letters over at my Notion Club Pap...

I suddenly had this thought in the bath. (...Where else?)  That there have always been "way-out"/ "crazy" theories and c...

I have long been a great lover of the German tradition in classical singing (including Austria and Switzerland), with Fritz Wunderlich bein...

William James Tychonievich Once blogged on matters Mormonish But since his dreams achieved lucidity It's 24/7 "synchronicity"....

H/T Meddlesome Art Stimulated by reading Red Tree, White Tree by Wendy Berg, at the same time as JRR Tolkien's Letters , I present some...

A very serious problem that I see emerging among Christians - in these testing times - is a deadly pride rooted in a division between Good ...

Salvation is post-mortal : that is to say, the decision to accept Jesus Christ's offer of resurrection to eternal Heavenly life is made ...