I mentioned the other day that the Missouri Presbytery of the PCA has cleared Jeff Meyers of all the doctrinal allegations that had been made against him. For those interested in pursuing it, the full report is available here.
Quickly or Not at All
“That is something the conscientious Christian preacher needs to learn, but the place to learn it is in the schools. On the other hand, the art of public speaking is a talent; some people have a natural inclination for it and some do not. Augustine quotes a saying of Cicero’s that people learn rhetoric quickly …
The Unforgiveable Sin of Being Lame
I want to follow up on the concept of cool-shaming. As we are in the process of airing this place out, this word is a key that can unlock a lot of the rooms, especially the mildewed ones. After my post on cool-shaming, I was contacted by an alert reader (thanks, Eric), who pointed me …
Education for the Pulpit
“On the authority of Augustine the liberal arts education would be revived by the universities of the High Middle Ages. When the preaching orders, notably the Franciscans and Dominicans, began to think about how preachers were to be trained, they carefully studied Augustine’s De doctrina christiana and tried to give their young friars exactly this …
One Purpose
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #25 “Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with God; ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building” …
Neither Does Education
“Training does not put in what God left out” (Beyond Stateliest Marble, p. 141).
A Sacramental Raw Foods Movement
” . . . an approach that will make the celebration of the rites more important than the preaching. Preaching will be understood as mystagogy. More and more preaching will be thought of as the explanation of the rites; more and more it will be imagined that it is the rites themselves which communicate; and …
Cool-Shaming
Most of the really big problems in the world are caused by the smartest guys in the room. Having a high intellectual rpm is not necessarily a good thing. This grim reality reminds me of William F. Buckley’s famous comment about responsible governance. “I’d rather entrust the government of the United States to the first …
And a Mask That Fits
Here is a book that deserves a wide reading. I am really excited about it. I just got my copy in the mail today, but had the privilege of reading it some months ago for blurbing purposes. When I was done, I sent them two blurbs, the shorter of which they wound up using. At …
Some Heartening FV News
Our friend Jeff Meyers has been cleared on all counts by the Missouri Presbytery. Six doctrinal allegations had been made against him, and he was exonerated across the board. You can read more about it here.