“And therefore if I may in any measure redress the evil I will cheerfully bear the criticism of my more sombre brethren. I am deeply in earnest, however playful my remarks may seem to be. These follies may be best shot at by the light arrows of ridicule, and therefore I employ them, not being …
And Eventually These Big Checks Will Bounce
“The culture of Western nations in which humanitarian thinking is dominant is a rentier living off the moral capital accumulated by its predecessors and giving no attention to replenishing it. When it runs out, the horrors begin in earnest . . . Humanism is a philosophy of death” (Herbert Schlossberg, Idols for Destruction, pp. 81-82).
A Different Task Entirely
“The early Protestant preachers did not think their message was to get the sick patients to take their medicine. They saw their task as one of preaching in a graveyard, praying for a resurrection” (For Kirk and Covenant, p. 95).
Orders of Magnitude
Lane says that, although I offer some qualifications, when it comes to the history of doctrine, I am essentially a Hegelian. I would take issue with that description — here are the qualifications I gave. “The third issue can be illustrated by adapting something from Hegel’s playbook. His take on history was that a thesis …
Wet Sand
I am preaching a brief series on desire, envy, competition, and ambition. Entitled “Heavier Than Wet Sand,” yesterday was on envy.
The Janks Twins are Doing Great, By the Way
Badly Informed Clerics
Now that I have finished Surprised by Hope, let me reiterate that it is an outstanding book, and just what the doctor ordered for all my conservative friends who are standing in the pond of dualism, up to their chins. But I should also say that I agree completely with the questions/concerns raised in the …
N.T. Wright’s Neo-Colonialism
It is not often I get to criticize a magnificent book, but I am about to do so. I am currently luxuriating in N.T. Wright’s Suprised by Hope, and the book addresses so many common mistakes that Christians make about the afterlife and the resurrection that it really is quite bracing. It is a fine …
The Last Chapter
Never forget that you are a called out people. God is establishing a new nation among all nations, a new people among all people, and a new race of men in the midst of the old race of men. He is doing this with the intention of having this new race of men in the …
The Tie That Binds
The fifth and last blessing of the Lord’s Supper, as our confession of faith notes them, is this: The Supper is to be “a bond and pledge of [our] communion with Him, and with each other, as members of His mystical body.” This is why, in the observance of the Supper, we encourage You not …