Letter to the Editor: Excuse me? Did you just equate the faithful supplanter bride Esther with those who were given a certificate of divorce? In case I’m reading the story wrong didn’t ...
December Letters Come in December—Nothing Can Be Done
And the Beads Are Green
“Our modern political tangles are a veritable festival of envy, everywhere you look. Trying to find envy in our political disputes—and especially when it involves the Jews—is like trying to find some beads at the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 9
That Hellcat (((Esther))) and Haman, the First Martyr of Noticing
Dear comrades and brothers in arms, I am writing to you three weeks after the funeral of Haman, and two weeks after the horrific putsch, orchestrated by that pestilent fellow (((Mordecai))). Insolent Jew. Pretends to be loyal to the God of his fathers, but then swanks around in that adopted name of Mordecai—dedicated to Marduk, …
Born to Die
Introduction: As we continue meditating on the meaning of Advent, we are not really resisting attempts to make Christmas meaningless so much as we are fighting with alternative meanings. There is no ...
Out of Principle
“Envy sharpens its teeth every night.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 8
A Little Worrisome
Along All the Wires
“Apart from Christ, the electric crackle of envy runs along all the wires. Everything is hooked up to this particular grid. The current flows from Gentile to Jew, Jew to Gentile, white to black, black to white, short to tall, fat to skinny, and so on—mimetic desire and carping envy are absolutely everywhere and in everything. People who dismiss this with a wave of the hand do not understand the Scriptures, and they are blind when it comes to identifying one of the mainsprings of all unregenerate human action. The prohibition of envy and covetousness (‘of anything that is your neighbor’s’) is in the Ten Commandments for a reason” ().
American Milk and Honey, p. 5
Content Cluster Muster [12-5-24]
But Who Was He Talking To?: Open Road: A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: Explains a Lot: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Ben Merkle on Turley: And Another Podcast Also: This was an interview conducted at the Turning Point conference. It is important to note, for all the haters out there, that I was not …
A Vain Attempt
“I refer, naturally enough, to the posturing of things like ‘social justice.’ That is just a high-flying name that people give to their malevolent envy, and it is like trying to polish a turd.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 4
7 Opportunities in the Trump Reprieve
Introduction: The results of the election have brought about a palpable sense of relief among conservative Christians. None of us will have to announce to our families, two days after the Inauguration, ...