“In the field of aesthetics, all that is necessary for kitsch to triumph is for men to fail to discriminate” (Theodore Dalrymple, In Praise of Prejudice, p. 75).
Imagination Rules the World
As critics are rummaging around, trying to find something that works, you have to expect the occasional novelties. The most recent one is that I am a theological liberal, akin to those who were resisted by Machen back in the day. This argument is made by Pastor Todd Bordow (OPC). He does this while granting …
Good News and Bad News
The bad news is that the bookplates I mentioned yesterday for 100 Cupboards are now gone. That’s the good news too.
Different Kinds of Poverty
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 134 “The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all” (Prov. 22:2). Given the fallen nature of the world, the vision for a classless society is a rebellious one. Jesus famously said that we would …
An Imputed Garment of Righteousness
We come now to a glorious picture of justification through faith in the coming Messiah, the Christ. While these visions were given to encourage the saints of that day, if the word were limited to that day, all encouragement would ultimately fail. “Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of …
Hand-Packed Grace
“Horses are not to be judged by their bells or their trappings, but by limb and bone and blood; and sermons, when criticised by judicious hearers, are largely measured by the amount of gospel truth and force of gospel spirit which they contain. Brethren, weigh your sermons. Do not retail them by the yard, but …
A Special Form of Naivete
“One convention has been replaced by another. When I attended a bourgeois bohemian funeral in Paris recently, it was I who stood out in my dark suit and tie—so provincial, so conventional! Everyone else looked as if he or she had just popped into the cemetery after a bit of shopping in the local grocery …
Taking the Show on the Road
“The principle here is that you cannot export what you do not have, and, if you try, you will only wind up exporting what you do have. Whenever Pharisees go on a mission, the result is Pharisaism overseas. When scriptural ignorance goes on a crusade, the result is crusading ignorance. The applications to our situation …
Just After the Nick of Time
You all know that those who are interested may order 100 Cupboards from Canon Press. Right? Right. Now for some reason, best known only to themselves, the good folks at Random House determined that they wanted to release this book on December 26, just after the nick of time. But this great present/wrong day problem …
Mooning the Ref
These are not talking points. These are just remember points. You don’t have to say anything, or “talk” to anybody about them. All you have to do is remember these things as you watch the unfolding saga continue. For ease of remembrance, I have just listed ten of them. 1. To keep things simple, the …