Mike Wittmer

What I think. What I know. What I think I know.

  • what the what?

    Several of the women in my neighborhood (ladies is a bit too strong) attended a party last night that celebrated a distinctive male body part (the one responsible for procreation). One of them baked a cake in the shape of this item and called my wife to come over and view it. She declined, saying…

  • is this Protestant?

    I love Tom Wright. He is the only Christian leader I have paid to hear speak, and I considered it money well spent. I once heard him lecture on worship, and I realized that I had probably never worshipped before in my life. I read his stuff on God’s cosmic plan of redemption, and I…

  • good times

    I’m being presumptuous here, but some of you may have noticed that I didn’t blog last week.  I spent the week enjoying Myrtle Beach, S.C., with my parents and three brothers and their families.  I would have told you that we were gone, but I just bought a Wii and I didn’t want anyone to…

  • what could you do in Geneva?

    Which of the following was not a blue law in Geneva? a) taverns were turned into religious clubs, where customers were permitted to sing Psalms or edify other diners but they could not swear, slander, or dance. b) wine was forbidden on Sundays c) the authorities must approve the names of newborn children.  There was…

  • who did Calvin marry?

    A long-time bachelor with disastrous dating habits (think about it, would you want to have dinner and a movie with this man?), Calvin finally married who?  The answer is in the comment section. a) a wealthy German whose large dowry supported his life as a scholar. b) a French Protestant cougar, recommended by John Farel,…

  • sign of the times

    The Reformed Church of America is meeting this week, and an item in yesterday’s GR Press from their report on Synod caught my attention.  Does anyone else find this interesting?  “Also on tap today:  An official declaration of racism as a sin, a report on a three-year homosexuality dialogue and a reconsideration of Friday’s decision to…

  • nice party, where is everybody?

    Thank you for correcting me on the date of Calvin’s birthday.  I apparently misread some correspondence with Zondervan, and thinking that Calvin’s birthday was June 10 rather than July 10, worked feverishly over the weekend to compose a Koinonia blogpost for this Wednesday.  Then I quickly posted some Calvin trivia without confirming his birthday on wikipedia…

  • talking about the Christian worldview

    Yesterday I was interviewed by the InternetMonk about the tension between loving God and the things of this world.  Stop by and leave a comment there or here and I’ll do my best to respond.  This is the second week of an intense summer school schedule so I will appreciate your patience.

  • all Calvin all the time

    Calvin’s birthday week is here!  Calvin was born on June 10, 1509, and to mark this occasion, like every other Calvinist blogger, I will post on our favorite theologian all week (probably a series of trivia questions, so stop by each day to see how much you really know about Calvin).  Here is today’s question, with the…

  • tiananmen

    The title of this post guarantees that Google will filter it from reaching China.  That’s Google, the company that is absolutely committed to doing no evil, except in China.  There it will do a little bit of evil, enough to keep its foothold in the world’s largest market.  Today is the twentieth anniversary of the…