“Flannery O’Connor wrote that everything that rises must converge, but this must also be said of everything that is circling the drain.”
Letter Writing Builds Character
Letter to the Editor: Some say that Karl Marx's statement "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs!" sounds similar to Acts 4:34-35. How do you respond to ...
Theological Jenga & Full Preterism
Introduction: It should be pretty plain from the things I have written on eschatology that I am what is called a partial preterist, and so I don't think I am giving away any secrets here. At ...
Aidan and Jemima
One of the things we should learn to pray for more earnestly is a particular manifestation of the grace of God. This manifestation is what I like to call Deuteronomic blessings. By this I mean nothing more than covenant blessings, but because we live in a radically gnostic age, and because we don’t want to …
True Examination
Authentic Ministry 28/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: There is a basic spiritual dilemma that confronts everyone who accepts the truth of the Christian message. If it is the ...
The Demonization Gun
“What I am rejecting is demonization. And to simply go along with what they are currently demanding is to help establish their authority to demonize. I don’t want to accede control of that process to them. I don’t want them to have the demonization gun—I know where they are going to point it next.”
Just a Little Something I Do
An Editorial Team Coup
“They have been running this play enough times that we really ought to recognize it by now. The play is this—they must be put in charge of all definitions. And my response to that is, let me think about it, no.”
Content Cluster Muster [03-09-23]
Ezra Institute Runner Academy: Learn more: https://www.ezrainstitute.com/training-programs/runneracademy/ Open Road, Not an Easy Road: More here. Caldron Pool Interview: A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: Yes, Quite: As Divided as It Gets: He Actually Came and Got Us: It was a privilege to be interviewed for this article on the “He Gets Us” campaign. …
The Men of Old Charleston Will Rise Up and Condemn . . .
“If you were going to be conceived as the child of black parents in North America, would you prefer Charleston in 1850 or Chicago in 2015? I know which one involves a certified nurse counting up all your pieces so that they can make sure they throw all of you away. Be honest. Be brutally honest, and in the light of that honesty I would then invite you to rethink everything you thought you knew about racial reconciliation.”