Chesterton gets Nietzsche right. He does this, not necessarily as a portrait painter, but as a brilliant caricaturist. Have you ever wondered how the great caricaturists do it — drawing a nose that is three feet long, and yet you recognize the person? “And then I thought of all that was brave and proud and …
Heaving a Dead Cat
I have two random thoughts on the circus maximus that we call presidential politics. First, the pagentry of modern politics is the pagentry of a false religion. In saying this I am of course not referring to the simple process of selecting a leader. That part of it is necessary and just fine. The problem …
Pressure Testing My Footings
We got six guys to come up to our house today to shovel off our deck, and it took them about an hour. We weren’t interested in finding out just how many feet of snow it would take to kick off some unplanned renovations at our house this summer. Many thanks to the guys, and …
Auburn Avenue Statement
Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church has made a statement on why they made the decision to leave the PCA. You can read that statement here. Since they have been adopted as a mission church of Grace Covenant Church in Nacogdoches, TX (CREC), that church also issued a statement which you can find here.
Not Ashamed
The verb “be ashamed” is the rendering of aischunomai, and it occurs five times in the New Testament. Again, sin and shame are closely related. In the parable of the unjust steward, he was ashamed to beg (Luke 16:3). Paul was not ashamed to use his authority over the Corinthians (2 Cor. 10:8). Paul did …
Courage in the Pulpit
“I must urge upon you the necessity of being cool and confident. As Sydney Smith says, ‘A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage'” (Charles Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 150).
Disnified
“When Disney turned to live-action films, he transferred the techniques and mythic patterns he had developed through animation . . . Far be it from us to carp at cleanliness, but the sanitizing urge is central to the power of Disney’s mythic artifacts, and even the most sophisticated minds have been willing to surrender themselves …
I’m Just Saying . . .
Here is my lovely wife Nancy on our front walk this morning. We are expecting another load of snow tonight, so we’ll see how it goes.
Loving Little Ones 2
INTRODUCTION: We have considered the fact that child nurture, if it is to be healthy, has to occur in a particular kind of soil—and that is the soil of grace, mercy, and kindness. This is not indulgence or relativism, but rather is the only real basis for bringing up children who will love and worship …
Loving Little Ones 1
INTRODUCTION: The duties of a godly parent are profound and challenging. This is particularly the case when you are dealing with little ones who cannot explain anything to you. They don’t know their own heart, and they could not tell you about if they did. We have to get our guidance from Scripture. And like …