“Reformation and revival will not happen to the background noise of polite golf applause.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 150
216: Looking Ahead to the Midterms
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Sincerely Yours, November
I would like to thank all of you for your robust participation in this, our fourth No Quarter November, and this includes all of you—from those who left comments, to those who obtained free books, to the editors of The Guardian, whose crackerjack reporting discovered that people in Christ Church have paying jobs, down to …
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And Then Really Encrusted
“Too many times believers assume that if one’s good, then two’s better, and over the centuries the worship of God gets progressively encrusted with the barnacles of devotion.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 141
Life in Girl World
Dear Dawson, Thanks for contacting me. I actually wasn’t that surprised to hear from you, but I was perhaps a little surprised at how much detail you were able to provide. You have clearly done your homework, and I am glad you are working through these issues. You are clearly taking things seriously. Dealing with …
Third Circle
“Decadent cultures are sensate cultures, and they want distractions. They want to be impressed with things like the halftime at the Super Bowl—which for a thoughtful person resembles something from Dante’s third circle.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 139
The Letters B Good
Letter to the Editor: Speaking of wuss-supremacy . . . I am in the PCA in the St. Louis area. In fact, I served as a RE on a Presbytery “Complaint Review Committee” regarding Revoice. ...
On Wuh-Supremacy
Introduction: You might be tempted to think that we live in a time when all sorts of things have busted out all over. You know—riots, woke churches, COVID, masking orders, a rumored new album ...
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A Chalcedon Christmas #1
Introduction: In our denomination, all churches are required to adopt three creeds into their statement of faith. Those three are from the time of the early church, and are the Apostles Creed (2nd century), the Nicene Creed (4th century), and the Definition of Chalcedon (5th century).If all the great figures of history were little pinpricks …
Or He Won’t Know the Way
“He who preaches to the inner life of others must himself have had an inner life.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 196