Yesterday I was having a good discussion on apologetics with my friend Will Little, and the discussion dislodged in me a few thoughts on the subject that I thought would be good to note here. We were talking about presuppositionalism. I think it is crucial for us to distinguish between presuppositionalism as a foundation for …
Wisdom From Above #3
INTRODUCTION:This passage contains the phrase that gives the title to this entire series of messages, the phrase “the wisdom from above.” But this wisdom from above is not an abstract set of rules. Never forget that our wisdom from above has a name, and His name is Jesus. He is the wisdom from above. THE …
No Dead Space Between Us
One of our problems is that we do not recognize the reality of our relationships. We tend to think of individuals as hard centers of reality, and the relations between them as being a matter of arrangement. If things are good, well, that’s fine, but they can be “not good,” and the individual is still …
Brokenness and Unity
When I lift up the loaf and break it, this fraction of the bread is a key element of our observance of the Supper here. It is not just important because Jesus broke the loaf He had, and we are to mimic everything without understanding. No, there is a world of glory in everything here. …
Book of the Month/Feb 2013
This fun little number is my choice for this month’s selection. I had a blast reading it, will make just a few general comments about it, and then leave you to your own devices. First, for those of you who are not dispensationalist, as I am not, will notice that certain dispensational forms of expression …
Fifty-Pound Heads
“He rocked back in his chair and stared thoughtfully at the picture of his family on the opposite wall, just above the sofa covered with multiple stacks of books, all of them written by men with fifty-pound heads” (Evangellyfish, p. 70).
Partaking of One Another
“This means the world is not divided between those who partake and those who do not partake. Rather, it is divided between those who partake righteously and those who partake unrighteously. We cannot go anywhere to opt out of partaking altogether. For example, a man can partake of his wife (Eph. 5:31) or of a …
Busy Weekend But . . .
I and some of my friends are having a little fun this Saturday night, playing some classic rock tunes, seeking to raise a little fundage for the music program at Logos School. Some critics might say that the subliminal message is that you should donate money so that our kids don’t turn out like us, …
Literary Dabbling
“‘I mean that you believe that Chad Lester is guilty of every sexual offense a man can be guilty of, except for the one he is actually accused of, and it makes you wonder if there is any justice in the world or, if there is justice, whether it is dabbling too much in literary …
Authority Understood
“Those men who browbeat their wives are setting everything upside down. Authority is the principle of union, not the principle of separation” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 32).