The Gosnell moment, for that is what it is, presents a clear opportunity for a real change of cultural heart. There are moments when some suppressed or ignored horror comes sharply into focus, and after that, it is not really possible to go back to the way it was before. This is what happened when …
Who Is My Neighbor? Gospel Presence IV
Introduction We live in a relativistic and postmodern age, one that loves to muddy distinctions and blur the lines. This is all done with high-sounding language, which the first thing that happens is that we find we have lost the Creator/creature distinction, which puts us in the idolatrous violation of the greatest commandment. The next …
Composed for Confession
Our liturgical worship here is intentional—but there are two ways this can go. One is that you can “learn the drill,” and go through the motions while your heart and mind are off somewhere else. The other is that you can learn the liturgy so that you can use it as an instrument to focus …
The Spirit Brings Us
Christ is everything to us. We were saved by Christ, we are being saved in Christ, and we will be saved to the final image of Christ. Christ is the way to the Father, and we all, like lost children, must be brought to the Father. This is the Father’s Table. He set it—it was …
Backpacks From the Sky
When you get to the crazy part, it is important to remember that nothing will make much sense. If sin made any real sense, it wouldn’t be sin. If being struck with a judicial stupor and blindness helped you see better, it wouldn’t be a judicial blindness. As I write this, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev is …
Not Having a Vantage Point
“Mystic Union, despite the informative crystals hanging from her ears, was not really in a position to critique the value of Mr. Peaborne’s intelligence” (Evangellyfish, p. 126).
For All Time
“If it is important that the first woman came from the first man, it is also important (obviously) that every man since, from Cain on down, has been born of a woman. To anchor the point for all time, our Lord Jesus was born of a woman” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 69).
You Still Need a Point
“Even in text-sermons and expository sermons, as we shall see below, it is important to have unity of subject” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 87).
A Song From Way Back
Since my mom passed away a couple years ago, my dad has been clearing out a lot of stuff. One of the things he found were the lyrics of a song I had written for her seventieth birthday. No idea what the chords or melody were, but the lyrics were sung in such a way …
A Final Wrap-Up: Thabiti Anyabwile and Douglas Wilson
Introduction When our discussion first started, we were both surprised at how well it went, and both of us are very grateful to God, and to one another, for this great blessing. We have also been grateful to the readers and commenters who participated in this discussion in the same spirit, praying with us, and …