This is the 3rd installment of the Adventure of the Elected Man.
You can read the first installment here.

Sherlock Holmes (J. Simpson Strand 1911)

After Mrs. Hudson replenished our tea pot and exchanged pleasantries with the Rev. Spurgeon we continued our discussion.

“Now, let us consider two doctrines – the doctrine of divine sovereignty and the doctrine of man’s guilt in rejecting God.”, Spurgeon offered. “This will certainly be a paradox even you will be compelled to admit Mr. Holmes.” Continue reading →

Sherlock Holmes (source: PhotoBucket)

This is the 2nd installment of the Adventure of the Elected Man.
You can read the first installment here.

“Ah, yes what is a paradox”, said Spurgeon as he took a deep drag on his cigar and shifted in his chair settling himself in for the discussion, “defining that is certainly a good place to start”.

“A paradox”, Spurgeon explained, “is two things that are believed to be inconsistent and contradictory; but they are not. They are not actually contradictory because these two things are both true. For certainly two truths cannot be contradictory to each other. It is just the fault of our weak judgment and our folly that leads us to imagine that two truths can ever contradict each other. In this we have the makings of a paradox”.

Holmes, without opening his eyes, drew his legs up toward his chest, then asked, “interesting, and might we have a simple example to examine”?

Not wanting to be left out of the conversation, I offered up the simple paradox known as the Hooded Man. It goes something like this – Continue reading →