Like a football team with some self-respect, but not a ton of it, Christianity in North America has every expectation of playing a decent game, but no expectation of winning it. This is why — on all the sexual glue issues — we fight battles in various states, and sometimes we win them. By this …
Last Day of the Canon Sale
Just a quick reminder . . .
The Suspension From Nothing Bridge
“Why ought one individual, with one set of nerve endings, be concerned about another set of nerve endings entirely? They are not connected, except through cultural teaching. That teaching, in our case, is grounded in the will of God. In your case, it is grounded in bare assertion. What you need to do here is …
While the Same Thing Goes for Joy
“A congregation learns the seriousness of the gospel by the seriousness with which the pastors expound it” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, pp. 278-279)
Cardinal Sexuality
I wanted to riff off of something that the Bayly brothers noted here. When we say that something is of cardinal importance, we are leaning on the older Latin meaning of the source word, cardo, which meant door hinge. Human sexuality is of cardinal importance. It is a hinge upon which all turns. It is …
Special Hypocrisy Rates
“But while we are on the subject of [OT] sexual slavery, let me raise the question whether anything like that is happening now . . . let’s talk about sexual slavery of children in places like Thailand. And let’s ask who would be most likely to approve of sexual jaunts to visit the slaves there …
Don’t Settle
“Our preaching must not be articulate snoring” (Spurgeon, as quoted by Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 275).
And Then the Sun Goes Out
“You want them to stop turning America into a big, dumb theocracy. But why? If there is no God, what could possibly be wrong with theocracies? They provide high entertainment value, and they give everbody involved in them a sense of dignity and high moral purpose. They get to wear ecclesiastical robes, march in impressive …
Pathos in the Pulpit
“Earnestness goes one step beyond sincerity. To be sincere is to mean what we say and to do what we say; to be earnest is, in addition, to feel what we say” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 273).
Infidelity, Not Realism
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #51 “If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church” (1 Cor. 6:2-3). Paul says that before we should let unbelievers adjudicate our problems, we should …