I wanted to make sure that I made at least a couple points about this particular travesty from The Journal of Medical Ethics, HA! (JMEH!). The first point to make is that when men have lost their soul, they have not yet necessarily lost their capacity to reason. They can still say B, and do …
Something Very Few Anticipated
“They exult as they hang the Messiah of God upon a gibbet, and lift Him up . . . and by their wicked action they accomplished the salvation of the entire world. Their murdering malice was the instrument of my salvation, and your, and not ours only, but also the salvation of all the ends …
Not As the Scribes
“We expect one who knows he is in the right to speak with boldness . . . We are prepossessed in favour of men who, in this world of uncertainly and perplexity, express themselves on a grave subject with confidence and command . . . Men dealt with thus fearlessly, acknowledge the preacher’s power. His …
Book of the Month/March 2012
The World-Tilting GospelDan PhillipsKregel Publications, 2011 I want to start a new feature on this blog, if I can keep up the pace. I have occasionally done extended reviews of books, blogging through them, but I think I would like to start reviewing a book a month in more of a one-off, hit-and-run fashion. But …
And We Follow Him
“The Lord has conquered the world through His faithful despairing” (Heaven Misplaced, p. 90).
A Sermon Is Not a Computer Printout
“It is indispensible that a minister . . . know men, too, as well as books. Many ministers are altogether too ‘bookish.’ They fail of influence from not knowing the material they have to operate upon. The heart of man must be interpreted, as well as the Word of God, by him who would have …
Clouds of Nuance and Ineptitude
I have been asked about my passing comment the other day that I thought military action in Afghanistan was justified, and probably in Iraq. This was coupled with my observations on the constitutional procedures for going to war — Congress should declare war. Those who believe all the DC-lawyer-talk need to be asked what circumstances …
Not I, But the Lord
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #65 “And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord. Let not the wife depart from her husband” (1 Cor. 7:10). In order to understand Paul rightly here, we have to grasp what he means by …
The Last Enemy
“The only enemy not destroyed through the advance of the gospel will be death itself (1 Cor. 15:26) — and even that enemy will be in confused retreat (Is. 65:20)” (Heaven Misplaced, p. 86).
Soul to Soul
“The power consists in the action of the speaker’s soul on the soul of the hearer” (Fish, Power in the Pulpit, p. 12).