Jason Hood has reviewed Nate’s Tilt-a-Whirl DVD for Books & Culture, and absolutely nails it. He not only understands the whole point of the book and DVD (which is a reviewer’s job), but he also reproduces and expands the point by reviewing in the spirit of the thing (which is above and beyond). You can …
And With Our Guidons Flapping Smartly
“Of course, we were bound to get to the subject of evolution sooner or later . . . You think that creationists are bereft of any intellectual dignity whatever, and I agree with Malcolm Muggeridge that in retrospect evolution will be seen to have been one of the great jokes of history. Well, if your …
A Scandal That Is Both
“The closer you get to what makes Christianity ghastly, the closer you get to what makes it glorious” (Piper, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, p. xi)
Sin and Grace as Fundamental Fact
“The intermediary of the pulpit, then, is due to sin, and is a part of the machinery of redemption. And this redemptive connotation of preaching is the index of the institution to such an extent, that preaching, as it is, fits in the picture only of a world in which sin and grace are the …
So Why Does Ashtown Start in Wisconsin?
Nate was interviewed this morning in Seattle, and there are some fun details to be found here.
Reading Our Cues
In our circles we talk a lot about narrative, and as I have been preaching through 1 Samuel (an extended narrative), I have been thinking about this subject a goodish bit. Throw in the postmodern talent for getting such things muddled, and you have a subject where care is required. The glory of Hamlet is …
Logic Without Color or Weight
“Once you grant that the world works this way, anyone who comes bustling up to you with stories about men who came back from the dead is a prima facie nutjob. Simple. But you need to look at your closed-system-universe again and look more closely at the price tag this time. Not only is this …
Logic Without Color or Weight
“Once you grant that the world workds this way, anyone who comes bustling up to you with stories about men who came back from the dead is a prima facie nutjob. Simple. But you need to look at your closed-system-universe again and look more closely at the price tag this time. Not only is this …
And Sometimes It Is a Carcase, Not a Body
“We preachers are in danger of being so occupied with the body and form of preaching that the soul or essence of preaching escapes us. A course in homiletics is likely to go no further than the body of preaching” (Volbeda, The Pastoral Genius of Preaching, pp. 21-22).
The Book of Ibid
“Matthew is referring to both, quotes one, and gives the credit, according to their custom, to the major prophet [cf. Matt. 27:9-10; Zech. 11:12-13; Jer. 32:9]. Your objection here actually amounts to saying that Matthew should have followed the Chicago Manual of Style. But it would be just as valid for Matthew to claim that …