“But somehow her giving him a back rub always turned into him giving her a front rub, and then they would fall again. That was actually how their relationship started, which is to say, through those darn back rubs. It was her senior year in high school, and she was in Johnny’s youth group, which …
Potency Either Way
“The flip side of this is that when this goes wrong, it goes really wrong. No one can make a home as pleasant as a godly woman can, and no one can make a home as unpleasant as an ungodly woman can” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 52).
We Don’t Do It Elsewhere
“No man of sense, in dealing with any other book, would think of interpreting a single sentence here or there, in disregard of its connection” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 60).
Third Chapter of Judges
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #108 “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come” (1 Cor. 10:11). We have already seen the parallels between Old Testament saints …
All They Can See Is Weather
One time the conservatives and the liberals ganged up on Jesus. They came to Him and demanded a sign from the sky. Jesus responded to them by pointing out that they already knew how to read the sky. This point is obscured in some translations which render the demand as being for a sign “from …
With a Bucket of Water
Over at The Calvinist International, Alastair Roberts responds to Peter Leithart’s response to my debate with Andrew Sullivan. Still with me? Now I shall respond! The merry-go-round has come full circle. That tree sure looks familiar. Actually, this should be relatively quick. The comments are closed over there, and this might be more of a …
Spooky Levels
Remarks I gave for the Seattle Classical Christian School on March 7, 2013. Thank you very much for the kind invitation to address you all. Nancy and I really enjoy coming to Seattle, and it is even better when we have a good reason for doing it. It was well said by somebody, somewhere, that …
In Fact, Quite Difficult
“But Johnny still agonized over such things — what size earring would the apostle Paul have worn if his mission had been to the skateboarding and pants-droopy youth of today? Not an easy question to answer” (Evangellyfish, p. 92).
Start at the Right Place
“Her grocery money comes before his shotgun shells or pipe tobacco. When a belt needs to be tightened, it needs to be his” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 49).
The Authenticity Jive
Carl Trueman recently had a podcast conversation with Todd Pruitt on “Coolvinism,” which you can listen to here. Thanks to those who helped me find it. I agreed with all the concerns they were discussing — about potential abuses and so on — and I am not writing here to take issue with anything they …