“Lest you get the wrong idea, let me say that I am not saying you should all learn how to ‘shout up a good camp meeting’, or adopt a kind of phony, thundering pulpit style that is not you. It is actually more subtle than that. You want to be ‘natural’ in the pulpit (most …
The Giant Dimblemuffin
In our public square tangles, we have gotten ourselves into trouble as a result of believing what the nonbelievers tell us about our arrangement. Whenever Christians try to argue for “principled pluralism,” they are doing so on the basis of this trust — and it is profoundly a misplaced trust. Think of it this way. …
Boobquake and the Meaning of History
So there was this Muslim cleric who put his foot in it, clean up to the knee, by saying that women dressing immodestly is the cause of earthquakes. There was naturally a response in this country that called for women to show some principled cleavage in order to test that holy man’s thesis. On Monday, …
Science Fiction
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Welcome to Blaire
Please join with us in thanking the Lord for the safe arrival of our newest grandchild — Blaire Aubrey Alette Jankovic. Mom and daughter are doing great. God is good.
No Bragging
“We have seen that the theme of Ecclesiastes is that enjoyment and pleasure are by grace through faith, and not of works, let any man should boast” (Joy at the End of the Tether, p. 59).
Superficial All the Way Down
I don’t know whether to file this under the “postmodernism” thread, or under “creation and food,” but that’s just the way it is in these postmodern times. Categories go fuzzy on you, and boundaries aren’t what they used to be. One of our great problems today is that Christians have gotten caught up in our …
Monday Morning on the Web
Nate will be at a Barnes & Noble this Wednesday in Seattle. Here’s the info. He’ll be in Boise this weekend, but we don’t have the info on that yet. My friend Darren Doane (and director of Collision) has an interesting video take on Genesis here. Check it, as they say, out. My daughter Rachel …
7 Reasons Your Taxes Will Go Up
Or rather, 7 reasons your taxes will go up if you let them . . . 1. The first reason is that politicians say they won’t, and politicians need to lie about things like this. The most recent instance of this was Obama’s promise that if you make under 250K your taxes will go up …
Atheistic Wrecking Balls and Bulldozers
The first half of Peter Hitchens’ book concludes with a short summary of how the Christian faith declined in England over the course of the last century or so. From here in the deep weeds of secularism, it is easy to forget that the two great industrial wars of the twentieth century were wars that …