Here are just a few collected observations about U.S. foreign policy and war, particularly war in the Middle East. We have no business toppling any foreign regime and replacing it with another without a formal declaration of war from Congress. It may be replied (for it usually is) that a regiment of constitutional lawyers in …
Staying On Point
“Salvation of the world doesn’t mean salvation of each and every person. But it does mean salvation of the world” (Heaven Misplaced, p. 85).
Getting Into the Pulpit, and Letting Fly
Sermons should not be “addressed to nobody, owned by nobody, and if an hundred people were to read it, not one of them would think himself concerned in its contents . . . [a sermon’s sentences should be] “pounded together until they crack, and where figure, trope, allegory, metaphor, antithesis, interrogation, anecdote — anything that …
Proverbial Bedfellows, As In, Strange
Not trying to juice my traffic by writing about Ron Paul. Promise. I am writing about Ron Paul though, because this is all really interesting, and on a number of levels. The thing that interests me right this moment is the clear working arrangement between Ron Paul and Mitt Romney.
A Little Save the Date Reminder
And I Have Left Behind the Spoiler
For various reasons, this promises to be very interesting indeed. On March 27th, it will be in 550 theaters. Glenn Beck has the first five minutes posted here. In other (clearly related) news, the province of Alberta is interested in making it illegal for home schoolers to teach their kids, during the course of their …
Putting On the Jesus Coat
INTRODUCTION:Adam was created in the image of God (Gen. 1:27). After the disastrous fall into sin, mankind retained the image of God (Gen. 9:6), but it was barely recognizable, lying now in ruins. The purpose of Christ coming was to re-establish mankind in the second Adam, and to renew the image of God in us. …
Common Grace and a Calculator
Some of you may have wondered what kind of economic disaster I have been warning you about. I have been urging you to set aside resources to share in hard times, and to practice a real koinonia kind of love now. What am I talking about? In the words of Amos, I am not a …
God Knows Your Works
We know the gospel well enough to know that we are not in any way saved or justified by our works. We are saved to good works, and not by them (Eph. 2:8-10). At the same time, we know that God is mindful of our works, placing them at the point of fruit on the …
Competing Like a Lady
One time, many years ago, our family drove up to a summer basketball camp where Nate was participating. While there, we took a look around, and watched some of the action of a girls’ basketball camp, then still in progress. This was a Christian camp, and yet the girls were swaggering around on the court, …