In the minds of some, I was the bad boy at the Desiring God conference last year, and here I am asked about how John Piper decided to fill that slot this year. I thoroughly enjoyed Mitch Stokes biography of Isaac Newton in Thomas Nelson’s Christian Encounters series. An excerpt from that book is up …
The Brotherhood of Man Goes Phut
The other day, I was reminded, yet again, of the central heresy of our age. The president, in his Easter address, called upon all of us to remember our “shared spirit of humanity,” and he trotted out that tired “family of man” stuff. While he personally was remembering the resurrection of Jesus, others — Jews, …
Seven Basic and Brief Pointers for Writers
In no particular order of importance, I would encourage those who want to learn the wordriht life to approximate something like the following: 1. Know something about the world, and by this I mean the world outside of books. This might require joining the Marines, or working on an oil rig, or as a …
Not Exactly From Pacifist Stock
Peter Hitchens’ next chapter was profound and moving. Entitled “Britain’s Pseudo-Religion and the Cult of Winston Churchill,” he makes the brave move of identifying the carnage of the two great wars of the 20th century as a massive blood sacrifice to false gods. He does this on the basis of the meaning that was assigned …
That’s When
I have argued many times and in many ways that Christian postmoderns are posers. They are parasitic moderns, wanting the academic system to remain intact (so that their tenure will remain secure), wanting a John Stuart Mill secular state to remain intact (so that nobody has to confess Jesus in the public square), and so …
A Paschal Blessing
As many who read this blog know, it has a been a season of controversy. But fortunately, it is also the Paschal season. The Lord is risen; He is risen indeed. We have been brought up from the dead, and our present possession is life, just as our final destination is life. Newness of life …
Just South of Wichita
I am afraid I have some more bad news for the defenders of the faith over at Heidelhoneyhut. The rot of heresy is spreading. The FV leprosy was not addressed promptly enough, and has begun to spread retroactively through the body of all church history. And you know it is a really bad factory that …
Many Infallible Proofs
INTRODUCTION:The last description of Christ’s resurrection appearances is found in the very first part of Acts. As we celebrate His resurrection, we want to take care that we learn everything that the Scriptures teach us about it. THE TEXT:“The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and …
Inexorable Life
The crucifixion was not a bad dream. It really happened. Jesus Christ really was flogged, His beard pulled out, nails driven into His hands and feet, and a spear thrust into His side. It was not something that His disciples thought had happened, only to discover their error and that Jesus was still alive. No, …
No Ritual of Death
We gather to feed on the body of Christ, and to drink His blood, but do not make the mistake of thinking that it is some ritual form of macabre cannibalism. The Lord is risen, and we are partaking of His resurrection life. This is no corpse ritual. We are privileged to partake of the …