“Robert P. Warner II had been the kind of boy in high school who managed his injuries as a mother hen hovers over her chicks. He was a master of communicating physical distress to others, but the nature of the injury and the nature of the distress he would subsequently manifest were not really in …
After the Crash
“Before the Fall, certain motions between husband and wife were just natural, normal, right, and effortless. After the Crash (as we might just as well call it), all of us who are redeemed in Christ are going through intensive ‘physical therapy’ in order to relearn some of those fundamental motions. Just like a victim of …
Unvarnished, Ungarbled, Unfettered, Unashamed
My MA thesis was on free will and determinism — and when I wrote it, I was an evangelical Arminian. But I lived in the world of those arguments for a time as one convinced of . . . well, I am not sure now what it was that I was convinced of, but whatever …
Out of the Depths
“The sofa was of the old gray mare swayback school of design, and from somewhere within the cushions, de profundis, came a groan from Robert P.” (Evangellyfish, p. 120).
Look to the Glory
“Although the man leads in the dance, the result of his leading is to showcase his lady. This is because he is dancing with his glory, and the last thing in the world he should want to do is upstage his own glory. It would make no sense: ‘Stop looking at my glory! Look at …
Old Dialog on Baptism
I was clearing out some files on my computer this evening, and came across a dialog on baptism I wrote eons ago. I don’t think it was ever published anywhere, but who knows? Because it seemed the easiest and most natural way to do this, I decided to place my answers to objections in the …
Nothing In My Experience Like It
Thabiti and I have been discussing a volatile subject for a few weeks now, and nothing has blown up. This morning he published a very gracious and very helpful assessment of the conversation up to this point, which you may find here. He and I are going to attempt, by God’s grace, to bring this …
Armed Against Idolatry
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #111 “I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say” (1 Cor. 10:15). This cryptic statement is the segue between Paul’s discussion of the Israelites failures in the wilderness (given as examples to new covenant Christians), and …
The Scoreboard Frozen
“The more Chad exhibited control of his grades, ambitions, hair, junior high Day-timer, briefcase, and other sundry accomplishments, the more his father withheld approval. This battle between them was actually a battle for fundamental control of their relationship, and a year after Chad graduated from college, his father triumphed in their running battle by dying …
A Dance, Not a Fistfight
“We have to keep reminding ourselves lest we slip back into understanding submission as an attempt to cope with raw power. That is not it at all. Authority and submission together are a dance, not a fistfight. Moreover, it is a dance grounded in the way things ultimately are, because this is the way our …