Proud of Humility
“This kind of thing can even reach pathological levels, where we take pride in how much more humbly we yearn for the transcendent than they do. Pride is an insidious sin, and it is capable of working with any materials.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 87
All the Usual Topics, Along With Some Others
Letter to the Editor: "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by ...
Good Order
“Truth and timeliness together make the full preacher . . . First, seek always truth first and timeliness second, never timeliness first and truth second.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 161
Teeny Tiny
“In the cosmic scheme of things, the work that is assigned to us, and which God has given us to do, is tiny. The work that we will do by the grace of God, and to which God will respond with ‘well done, good and faithful servant,’ will be work that is teeny tiny. Finitude is one of our glories. God will not say well done to any human whose work is the size of three galaxies. He will say well done to pipsqueaks with a couple of fists full of nanoworks . . . A short space of time looking through a telescope should convince you that we actually live in Whoville.”
Ploductivity, pp. 71-72
Windows in the Wall, Not Murals on the Wall
“Those who look to the means alone, stopping there, are superstitious and blind. They think Jesus is the bread and wine. They think salvation is the sinner’s prayer. They think God dwells in houses made with human hands.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 83
Public Health and the Libertarian Lure
Introduction: As most of you well know, I do want to do whatever I can to encourage resistance to this overweening tyranny we all find ourselves dealing with. You know what the last year and a half ...
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What is a Cult? What is a Sect? What is a Church?
Sermon Video Introduction: Whenever we are confronted with a new problem, our first instinct as Christians ought to be that of turning to the Scriptures. What does the Bible say about this? And ...
We Are Not Stoics
“At the same time, although the faith can thrive in times of persecution, we are not to pray for persecution. We are instructed to pray for quiet and peaceable lives (1 Tim. 2:2). A Christian should be able to be content whether he is out in the cold, or inside by the fire (Phil. 4:12). But even so, everything else being equal, the apostle Paul knew enough to come in out of the rain. We know which way to go, which way to pray, which direction to set our sights as we work.”
Ploductivity, pp. 69-70
Which Seems Obvious . . . I Think
“Everyone in the world thinks he understands. That is what it means to think. In other to think, you have to think something. And whatever it is that you think, that is what you think.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 81