What do you want to be when you (finally) grow up? If you’ve had trouble figuring out your gifts and what God has called you to do and to be, you aren’t alone. The Lord enjoins every one of us, in all the actions of life, to have respect to our own calling . . …
Scripture in Debates, Scripture on Debates
Last Friday I debated atheist Eddie Tabash at the SUB ballroom at the University of Idaho, and I was certainly pleased at how the evening went. I had debated him once before, six years ago, and would particularly like to thank Eddie for his personal cordiality — in both our debates. The Monday before that, …
Just A Tad
I have made reference before to the problems caused by persnickety third party perfectionism, and, you know, I still think that. But there is always a ditch on both sides of the road. And after watching some of the high finance monkeyshines over the last week, led by all the usual suspects, I was left …
Despite Ike, the Convention Center is Still There
If you are planning to attend our minsterial conference in a few weeks, here is a quick nudge to let you know that regular price registration ends a week from Friday, on October 3. You can still register after that, but it costs a bit more.
Fifth Decade of Psalms/Psalm 48
INTRODUCTION: This jubilant psalm is not credited to any particular writer, but the tone and content make it likely that it was written in the aftermath of the great victory over Ammon, Moab, and Edom in the reign of Jehoshaphat—the time he sent the choir out in front of the army. THE TEXT: “Great is …
Low Empire
One of the things we have to get straight is the right relationship of the Church to various manifestations of earthly civil government. And in our setting, in our time, we have to come to grips with American hegemony in the world. That fact is a given — how shall we respond to it? One …
As In, Oops
Near the end of his life, the great Augustine published a book called Retractions, in which he corrected earlier mistaken notions of his that had made it into books. Because of his stature as a theologian, that move was obviously necessary. Others, like myself, may be pressed to a similar duty for reasons having more …
And Be Sure to Check Out the Video
There are lots of roads to drive down as you make your way to get the book.
Wall Street Without Walls
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 153 “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls” (Prov. 25:28). If we strip away all the legal business entities that we structure and create for ourselves—partnerships, corporations, …
Cheese to Challenge Your Manhood
“Cheese is at once a testament to the Creator’s ingenuity in providing enzymes and bacteria that will do fearful and wonderful things for milk and to man’s audacity in the face of some pretty forbidding stuff. The blander varieties, of course, are hardly more alarming than milk itself; but the farther reaches of the subject …