“A husband’s authority over his wife and a wife’s particular submission to her husband are a subset of this broader Christian duty for all believers to be filled with the Spirit and to be mutually submissive to one another” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 24).
What Lasts . . .
“No, the ancients produced plenty of garbage, just as we have. But their garbage has not lasted to the present. We don’t know about it — just as five hundred years from now, nobody will be reading our garbage. Why would anyone save the garbage?” (5 Cities, p. 195).
Crowned With Blessing
“Now the things which ought most to be thought of by the preacher, are piety, and knowledge, and the blessing of God” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery of Sermons, p. 27).
On the Altar of Eight Thrusts
It is the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, plus a day, and it becomes necessary deconstruct this particular creepfest. For a generation we have been told that pro-aborts believed that this was an intense, personal decision, one made after much anguish and incessant prayer. We were told that no one took this decision lightly, …
All and Some
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #101 “To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some” (1 Cor. 9:22). We see here Paul’s driving zeal …
As Mary Poppins Would Say, Were She Here
I am having a hard time comprehending some of the ways technology has transformed our lives. Back in the seventies, I spent some time in recording studios, and getting a song onto vinyl (!) was always a major production. The other day I put up a link to this little song we did, and how …
No Rattle At All
We sometimes make the mistake of letting God define what is a sin and what isn’t, and then spending a lot of fruitless energy trying to come up with our own stratagems for dealing with those sins. But there are many places in Scripture where we are told, not only what to avoid, but how …
Gathered Sincerity
“But now — his voice was mellifluous and constant. Whenever he paused, always at just the right moment, sincerity oozed out of the silences and puddled on the floor” (Evangellyfish, p. 61).
More Blessing
“A blessing is not just something done by patriarchs on their deathbeds, ministers in the benediction, and by everyone when somebody sneezes” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 22).
Itself An Idea
“But this is self-refuting — if there is no truth, and all ideas are relative, academic freedom (itself an idea) is relative and can be abandoned as soon as someone pays us enough to abandon it or threatens us sufficiently” (5 Cities, p. 193).