Book 3/Chapter 7 True sincerity (section 7) 1. For Calvin, are loving actions sufficient? 2. How can liberal actions be made reprehensible? 3. When we give to the downtrodden, what must we experience? Devotion to his will (section 8) 1. When we learn self-denial, what two things form in us? 2. Our fear of what …
The Lord’s Placeholder
Book 3/Chapter 7 Right toward others (section 4) 1. What relation does self-denial have to our fellow men and to God? 2. What happens when we rush into self-love? 3. What does each person find within his breast through self-flattery? Helpfulness (section 5) 1. What will keep you from accomplishing anything in this life? 2. …
Them Jews
Yesterday, a white guy with issues that go all the way down walked into the Holocaust museum in Washington and opened fire, killing a security guard. A notebook was found in his nearby car, claiming that Obama was being controlled by “his Jew owners.” Various natterers in the media were quick to blame the tragedy …
Confusions About Economic Freedom
I have written many times that free markets depend on free men, and free men are not to be had apart from the gospel. Another way of putting this is that men who are slaves to sin will not be able to create or sustain any kind of significant liberty anywhere else. Freedom from sin …
Setting Self Aside
Book 3/Chapter 7 Owned by another (section 1) 1. What is the central principle to remember in Christian living? 2. What must reason give way to with regard to submission? True devotion (section 2) 1. What does godly self-denial lead to? 2. What happens when virtue is pursued for its own sake? Self-denial (section 3) …
In Which Wilson Takes a Passing Dog By the Ears
Ugly Babies/Romans XXII
INTRODUCTION: We come now to Paul’s treatment of the great theme of true liberty and freedom. What is the nature of freedom? We need to be especially careful with this because as Americans we are trained to believe that we understand liberty in some special way, while it appears that we have really lost an …
First Federal MounteBank
As much as I loathe and despise what the current administration is doing to our economy, and as much as I reject the flowering fascism that is unfolding every evening on the news, let us not fall for hackneyed talking points from what is purported to be the other side. Obama is now in the …
The Bond of Holiness
Book 3/Chapter 6 Christian life (section 1) 1. What is the object of regeneration? 2. What is one danger for those who heartily repent? 3. What is different between the teaching of the Holy Spirit and the teaching of moral philosophers? Two main aspects (section 2) 1. What are the two main aspects of scriptural …
The Helium Balloon of Their Core Principles
Gramsci was a commie in the early years who had a falling out with Lenin over strategy and tactics. Lenin wanted to seize power directly, right this minute, which he successfully did in certain backwater places. I mean hats off to him and all — he created quite a nuisance, and enslaved a good chunk …