Some have commented on the fact that the Republican Pledge to America did little more than tip the hat to what are called the “social issues.” I am less inclined than others to complain about that in itself — you can’t talk about everything all the time. But the omission nevertheless illustrates the true nature …
Keeping Reality Mandatory
“When we quarrel with the way the world is, we find that the world has ways of getting back at us” (Fidelity, p. 86).
That’s One Lucky Verger
“They confuse those whom they ought to confirm, and stagger those whom they should establish. Bishop Blomfield tells us that a certain verger said to him, ‘Do you know I have been verger of this church fifty years, and though I have heard all the great sermons preached in this place I am still a …
Win Win
James K.A. Smith interviews James Davison Hunter here, and then writes about him here. Let me give you a sec to get those read. The same sorts of things that I have raised in my reviews of both Smith and Hunter could be said again here, but let’s not. Suffice it to say that after …
All the Feminist Screeds in the World
“In other words, if God will not judge the rapist on the Last Day, then all the feminist screeds in the world should not make a rapist feel bad about what he is doing. A great desire is evident in our culture to ‘absolutize’ the evil of rape, but since the process is an arbitrary …
But He Usually Doesn’t Mind
“At this time, when God raises up a man of original mind who strikes out a course for himself and follows it with success, it is usual to charge him with being eccentric” (Spurgeon, Eccentric Preachers, p. 14).
Remembering the Point
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #13 “And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ and …
No, You Can’t Be Just Friends
“A man should resolve before God that he will have no one-on-one friendships (or close working relationships) with women unless they are with his mother, grandmother, sister, or wife. Now, what is meant by ‘friends’? We have been taught ad nauseam by means of feminist propaganda that men and women are simply interchangeable units, and …
Mere Chips in the Porridge
“In all generations useful preachers of the gospel have been objected to by a portion of the community. Mere chips in the porridge may escape censure and mildly win the tolerance of indifference, but decided worth will be surrounded with warm friends and red hot foes. He who hopes to preach so as to please …
Kuba the Prophet
It must be said, with more than a little regret, that many Christians believe that the Day of Judgment is the time at the end of history when God loses all sense of proportion. If we believe what the Bible teaches about Hell, as we should, but don’t believe what it teaches about gradations of …