“Utterly forgiven, and all by God’s grace in Christ, the early Protestants could scrutinize their failings and sins. All this done in much the same way that a boy might study an ugly tooth that had caused him so much pain . . . after it was out” (For Kirk and Covenant, p. 114).
Colonies of Heavean
INTRODUCTION: On Ascension Sunday, we mark the glorious coronation of the Lord Jesus. After His resurrection, He established to His disciples that He was in fact alive forever, and then He ascended into the heavens. When He did this, He was received by the Ancient of Days, and was given universal authority over all the …
And Why Mystify the Author’s Father?
Here is some fun news. Nate’s book 100 Cupboards is doing quite well by various indicators. One of the more striking indicators is the matter of foreign rights. Thus far, foreign rights have been picked up for thirteen countries, with others in the works. Translated (heh), that means 100 Cupboards is now slated to show …
In a Second Gutenberg Era
Well, here at the end of April, year of our Lord, 2008, this blog is now four-years-old. So watch out everybody — we’re about to move into preschool. Seriously, many thanks to all of you who drop by to visit. Over the course of a month, the average number of distinct visitors is pretty robust. …
Plunderers and Plunderees
Another important aspect of Third World debt forgiveness is one I have alluded to several times, but we have not yet developed it. And that concerns this subject — who is it, exactly, that is doing the forgiving, and on whose behalf is it being done? And on what authority? The money that was loaned …
There It Is
In my interactions with Bishop Wright on the matter of Third World debt, I have a couple times had the sensation of having been here before. Somehow. Tonight it happened again, and so I picked up a mental thread and pulled on it. This is what came of that. This is how Dorothy Sayers began …
Lots of Nice Houses
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 140 “Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them” (Prov. 22:22-23). The poor, because they are poor, …
Suspicion and Bitterness in the Ministry
“Nor is suspicion merely a source of disquietude, it is a moral evil, and injures the character of the man who harbours it. Suspicion . . . creates . . . in ministers bitterness; such bitterness as in spirit dissolves all the ties of the pastoral relation, eating like a corrosive acid into the very …
The Biggest Reef in the World
“Self-delusion about human nature is the reef waiting to make a wreck out of ideologies that wander out of a narrow channel” (Herbert Schlossberg, Idols for Destruction, p. 190).
Before Lawless Thrones
“A man must be meek before God before he can stand upright before lawless thrones. How can an arrogant prophet rebuke an arrogant king?” (For Kirk and Covenant, p. 113).