I TIVOed the debate last night, and then hopped my way through it, like it was an ankle deep muddy stream. I got enough to get a decent feel for it, without subjecting my sanctification to the blah blah parts.So here are just a few random observations, which I would ask all to take cum …
Thinking It All the Way Through
“The same Old Testament law that required stoning to death for lying about fornication also required a parapet around the roof of an Israelite’s house. This was necessary because they spent a lot of time up there, and the requirement ws comparable to our requirements for railings on second story decks, fences around swimming pools, …
More Than a Little Weird
“But even in this so-called liberated time, most would think it was more than a little weird to have the groom walk down the aisle and be given away by his mom. The pattern of sons leaving and daughters being given is embedded in us deeply” (From 5 Paths to the Love of Your Life, …
As Thin As Obama’s Skin
I watched enough of the just released footage of Obama’s 2007 race baiting video — just enough to get a load of his accent, an accent thick enough to pogo-stick across — to think I should jot down a few things here about mendacity. Or perhaps it would be best to speak of brazen mendacity. …
Same Views, But With Less Gray
In 2002, I spoke at the national Ligonier conference in Orlando. The video from that event was recently posted by Ligonier — my talk is here, and the Q & A is here.
Than Talk About Money
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #91 “Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, Have we not power to eat and to drink? Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren …
In Defense of Blasphemy Codes
In one sense, defending blasphemy codes is the easiest thing in the world. All you have to do is demonstrate how everybody has them — you can defend them because everybody defends them. Blasphemy codes are inescapable — it not whether a society outlaws blasphemy, but rather which patterns of speech will be considered blasphemy. …
Hypocrisy and the Young
One of our stock characters in literature and film, and in other parts of our imagination as well, is that of the old hypocrite. This is fueled by a number of things including, but not limited to, the actual existence of old hypocrites, the shock value of suddenly revealed old hypocrisies, and the fact that …
Indicatives and Imperatives
There is a basic difference between the indicative and the imperative. The indicative is simply a statement of fact. the imperative is a command. The indicative states, “The book is on the table.” The imperative commands, “Put the book on the table.” The former states what is; the latter attempts to control what will be. …
Book of the Month/October 2012
This is a superb little book, one that addresses a screaming need with clarity, while at the same time avoiding a simplistic 1,2,3 triteness. The theme of the book, as the title suggests, is that provocative little phrase from the Westminister Confession which says this: “The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for …