The bread and wine on this Table are simple fare. But appearances can be deceiving. In the course of His ministry, Jesus declared all foods to be clean. Just as the two great commandments encompass all the law and the prophets, so also this bread and wine encompasses every form of food found in the …
Al-Awlaki and the Smell of Boiling Cabbage
A few days ago, a predator drone took out Anwar Al-Awlaki, an all-round bad guy, and American citizen. The ACLU (and Ron Paul and Gary Johnson) complained about it, saying that this was a violation of due process. Those who maintain we are in a state of war against terrorists are exasperated by the claim, …
That Je Ne Sais Quoi Thingy
Nate’s Tilt-a-Whirl DVD is reviewed here by John Starke of The Gospel Coalition. It is a fun review, and I refer you to it. But . . . But I do want to lean the other way on one point. To say this production is an “excellent explanation” of the world in a form that …
Look At Us Go
“I simply want to commend him for noticing that, on his premises, wide-spread religion was created by an impersonal process that was favoring the fittest” (The Deluded Atheist, p. 41).
A Lazy Afternoon Full of Influence
[The wise preacher] “refuses to be like the angler who, responding to an enquiry, confessed that he had not caught any fish, though he thought he had ‘influenced’ a good many” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 249)
An Epistemological Beach Ball
“God is the only judge. And He says in Scripture that unrighteous men suppress the truth. Their knowledge of God is like a giant beach ball that they have been holding under water for their entire time in the pool, and their arms are getting all trembly” (The Deluded Atheist, p. 16).
Preaching Through
“The Puritans were a notable example . . . I have been told (although I cannot find this expression anywhere in their writings) that they used to speak of the need to ‘preach through to the heart'” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 247).
Obama As Swede
So yesterday I open up my browser, all innocent-like, and saw that Drudge had a match-up between Obama and Cain. This, coupled with Cain’s strong showing in the Florida straw poll, and his arrival in the first tier of candidates in at least one major poll, indicates that it is now his turn to have …
Yeah. What If?
“Now, what if the universe we live in has information embedded in it throughout? What if the triune God who spoke it all into existence has left notes everywhere? What if every living cell contains a library that makes the Library of Congress look like my grandkids’ coloring book collection?” (The Deluded Atheist, p. 22)
The Sermonic Holding Pattern
“Conclusions are more difficult than introductions. Some preachers seem to be constitutionally incapable of concluding anything, let alone their sermons” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 245).