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Calvin Smith
Henry Mackenzie, 1745 - 1831. Novelist and Essayist
Artist: Colvin Smith (Scottish, 1795-1875)
Date: ca. 1827
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Description
Colvin Smith probably painted this portrait shortly after he settled in Edinburgh in 1826. Henry Mackenzie was one of the leading literary figures of the day, best known for his novel, ‘The Man of Feeling’, published in 1771. His other novels, ‘The Man of the World’ and ‘Julia de Roubigne’ were also published in the 1770s. His romantic tragedy 'The Prince of Tunis' was first performed in Edinburgh in 1773. He was well-known in his day for managing the periodicals ‘The Mirror’ and ‘The Lounger’. Mackenzie was an early supporter of Sir Walter Scott. Scott wrote of him at the age of eighty: 'H.M. is as alert as a contracting tailor's needle in every sort of business, a politician and a sportsman, shoots and fishes in a sort even to this day, and is the life of the company with anecdote and fun'.
There’s logically no such thing as a “New Testament Christian” because Christians are followers of Jesus, and Jesus didn’t model that approach whatsoever.
by Calvin Smith | Imagine going to your favorite coffee shop to get your morning pick-me-up and witnessing the following conversation. Glancing up from your phone while standing in line, you listen to the rather bubbly person in front of you begin to place their order...
Why, instead of placing a high value on all human life, has our culture shifted its focus to make animals and the environment the highest priority? It’s quite simple—it’s because of their spiritual condition.
by Calvin Smith | Rudyard Kipling’s classic 1894 work, The Jungle Book, came to life onscreen in the very memorable 1967 Walt Disney animated film. It featured many popular characters like Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther, and of course Mowgli (an abandoned child raised by wolves), whose peaceful jungle existence is threatened by the return of the man-eating tiger Shere Khan...
Although there are many battlefronts, and numerous causes we must be fighting for (and against) in these perilous and ungodly times, what the church needs to do is restore the foundation of biblical authority.
by Calvin Smith | Let’s face facts. The vast majority of church leaders and laypersons realize the once-Christianized Western world is in a free fall, becoming “less Christian” every day...
They reason that if God created everything (and if evil is a thing), then he must have created evil—so they blame God for all the evil in this world.
by Calvin Smith | To be honest, answering the exact same questions over and over again gets a little bit tedious. “Could God create a rock so heavy he couldn’t lift it?” “If everything needs a creator, who created God?” Now, I know these questions are always new for the person asking...
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