While the political scrum is messy, as it always is, a narrative is starting to emerge. If we change the metaphor from rugby to movies about Transylvania, that narrative appears to be that a large number of peasants with pitchforts and torches will be assembling at the Castle of the Ruling Elite this coming November. …
And There Is None Beside
Speak gentle words and glorious comfort comes so comfort all the wretched people here your God has spoken all these words of grace speak peace and comfort to Jerusalem and call down comfort on her bended head. what shall I speak? what can I know? though comfort strains to speak. Â Her warfare done, and …
Book of the Seventh Seal
Liber I The revelation of the risen Christ—and realms on earth begin to shake— Is shown to faithful servants now, how soon the wrath must now descend. God joined His words to John the seer, and judgment, with angelic voice Can testify these truths in words, that triumph now reveals the Son. So bless the …
Song of Shulamith
And hear the song of Shulamith, A song which sings of strong desire,  The song of all songs, which is Solomon’s.  And Shulamith sings: O let him kiss me—passionately now With all the kisses his mouth contains, For his lovemaking is tender and deep, Better than wine for the yearning taste.  Your …
In Defense of Plain Speaking
“Ezekiel rails against the adulterous idolatry of the Israelites by using sexual imagery of the most graphic sort. He uses obscenity to reveal the real obscenity of doing such things in defiance of God’s law . . . Ezekiel was more concerned about the obscenity he was exposing than the obscenity he was using . …
A Herald Must Enunciate
“Therefore, there is no religious use . . . in a sermon that merely discloses the minister’s opinion, but does not disclose the opinion of God. And there surely can be no use in a sermon that does not even disclose the minister’s opinion clearly” (T. David Gordon, Why Johnny Can’t Preach, p. 19).
An Interview At the Pearlies
Scott Clark has a long post here, in which he urges Reformed congregations to hold the line on strict subscriptions to their confessions, applying that standard of subscription with regard to the members of their congregations. In contrast to that form of Reformed sectarianism, here is a dose of Reformed catholicity. “In all Churches a …
Turning Over Flat Rocks
“We live at a time when the world does not hesitate to teach on sexual behavior. Broad evenagelical churches usually mimic the world’s teaching with a thin Christian gloss, and the more conservative churches hesitate to teach on this subject at all. The result is that such things are done among us, but in a …
Cool and Hot
“It is a worthy gift of God to be able to speak mildly and moderately so that our speech falls like dew upon the grass; but it is the fiery tongue that beats down sin and works sound grace in the heart” (Perkins, The Art of Prophesying, p. 169).
True Balance
“When men finally pick up the mantle of full responsiblity in ministry, they will then discover what a tremendous help their women are — but not until then” (Why Ministers Must Be Men, p. 60).