“Humor involves the perception of the true proportions of life. It is one of the most helpful qualities that the preacher can possess . . . But humor is something very different from frivolity”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 58
Bonds and Bond Levies
The school “still looked entirely serviceable, but Cody guessed that an ambitious superintendent had gotten a bond levy passed, and was now tormenting his prisoners at a swankier location”
Ecochondriacs, p. 98
What Changed Your Mind on Baptism? | Doug Wilson
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Spreading It All Around
“‘Um,’ he said, trying to gather up his thoughts, which someone had grabbed and then kicked all over the parking lot. It was probably the devil, and he was doing a lot of kicking”
Ecochondriacs, p. 92
The Content Cluster Muster (06.03.21)
This is a Great One: And I discovered, to my delight, that we were thoughtful enough to include it in our new Cantus—#435 https://twitter.com/MichaelShinkar/status/1397018623345143808 Good News, Girls: Jokes I Like to Tell: One time there was this hot shot seminary student. He was very intelligent, and industrious, and ambitious, and thus it was that he …
Look Out, Look Away
“No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 55
A Triple Whoa
“He kissed her back for about a second and a half, and then jumped the same way he had once jumped when a waiter had dropped a hot bowl of French onion soup in his lap. ‘Whoa,’ he said. Whoa, whoa, whoa. ‘’Yikes,’ he added”
Ecochondriacs, p. 92
Book of the Month/June 2021
I am happy to commend this book, and to do so enthusiastically. It has one great strength and, as is often the case with such things, it happens to be the same thing as its greatest weakness. The theology is really solid, the thinking clear, and the writing is lucid and straight to the point. …
Disorderly Wives
Introduction: One of the challenges that comes with getting married is that, barring any high crimes, it is a vocation that comes with tenure. This is why it is so important for courting couples to ...
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