Theology That Bites Back
“One of the first things we must recognize is that work does not exist in the world because of the Fall. Work got a lot more difficult because of our sin, and do labor under the ramifications of a curse. But God gave the cultural mandate to mankind, a mandate which involved an enormous amount of work, before the entrance of sin.”
Ploductivity, p. 13
“Only, as one rule that has no exceptions, let your use of texts be real. Never make them mean what they do not mean. In the name of taste and reverence alike, let there be no twists and puns, no dealing with the Word of God as it would be insulting to deal with the word of any friend”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 124
“We assume the center when we are filled with the Spirit, and when He flows out of us. The Spirit is the center. This happens using physical things. Spiritual does not just mean like a spirit. Spiritual also means obedient. When we offer our bodies rightly, it is our spiritual worship (Rom. 12:1-2). The devil is a spirit who is unspiritual in this sense, and you have ten toes, which can be spiritual—if they are shod with the gospel of peace”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 17
Afghanistan Proves It’s Christ or Chaos: My latest for @ABWE_Intl:“Culture eats strategy for breakfast…Only when the gospel of Jesus Christ is proclaimed and embraced throughout the Islamic world will we begin to taste the peace of his kingdom.” https://t.co/zrIJcrxJWd— Alex Kocman (@AJKocman) August 26, 2021 Wisdom from the Inscrutable East: Jokes I Like to Tell: …
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Introduction: What is a conservative? What is a true conservative? What is a populist? What is a faithful populist? The answer to both sets of questions is something that runs along the ...
“Constant quotations in sermons are, I think, a sign of the same crudeness. They show an undigested knowledge . . . Learn to study for the sake of truth, learn to think for the profit and joy of thinking. Then your sermons shall be like the leaping of a fountain, and not like the pumping of a pump.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 123
“The church is not supposed to function as a rain barrel, or a collection tank. The church is a place from which the water is supposed to flow everywhere else.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 16
Back in 2015, I said this, and it has recently been drawn to my attention by a few of you. For examples of that, see today’s Letters section. In addition, Warren Throckmorton has speculated that I changed my mind because I saw a golden opportunity to ride a wave of conservative discontent. Here is the …
