My brother Gordon is the scientist of the family (known to us as the “black sheep”), and you might be interested in a couple of recent articles he wrote for Answers magazine. Those articles are here and here.
Snippet from a Work in Process
“If someone is disposed to argue this particular point with me, they could win that argument by making a list of all the denominations that have begun to ordain women in the last generation, and show me how this was followed by an explosion of moral chastity, purity, and fidelity. Looking for flourishing chastity in …
Double Danger
Book 3/Chapter 10 Double danger (section 1) 1. What is the double danger Calvin warns against on material possessions? 2. Can this be governed by a fixed rule? The main point (section 2) 1. What must we remember in the use of all things? 2. Did that include delight and pleasure? Insensibiliity (section 3) 1. …
Ow, Ow, Ow
Pretty painful, but in an edifying kind of way.
Our Second Husband/Romans 23
INTRODUCTION: Remember that the apostle has laid out the gospel for us, and he is now answering objections. The universal problem is set forth in the first three chapters, and then the glorious gospel in chapters four and five. Beginning in chapter six, he starts anticipating and answering objections. The first is that if we …
Exactly So
When Scripture prohibits adultery, this presupposes the validity of the bonds of marriage. Without marriage, there is no such thing as adultery, and the prohibition becomes nonsensical. These marriage bonds are established by God (“what God has joined together”) and are to be recognized by the state. When the state refuses to honor the institution …
Time of Exile
Book 3/Chapter 9 Present vanity (section 1) 1. Where does our blockishness arise? 2. What is necessary before we are aroused to contemplate the life to come? Two choices (section 2) 1. There is no middle ground between what two options? 2. Do humans generally acknowledge the vanity of this life? Balance (section 3) 1. …
What’s Wrong With Rights?
A judge in France recently declared that access to the Internet was a basic human right. This is simply the ad absurdum of a lot of political chatter these days, what with rights to affordable housing, the right to health care, the right to a living wage, and so on. Rights sound so noble, so …
Well, Then . . . Yay
Well, it turns out that June 30 was a soft release date, and the book is available early — as in now. Amazon has it in stock. You can get your copy by clicking here, or on the cover.
Stay Me With Flagons
ABC News is going to be shilling for the White House’s health care reform proposals, nothing new there. But they are going to be doing it by broadcasting straight from the White House, which you can read about with your very own peepers here. But overlooked in all this is the sad fact that the …