“Who has given us all these pseudo-men, who caper so prettily on the stage for the televangelistic cameras? The Lord is clearly angry with us. Who was it that deceided that churches should start having Super Bowl parties instead of the Word and sacraments? This is nothing less than the hand of God upon us. …
Come, They Say, Let Us Link to Their Blogs
“Why do you seek to strengthen yourselves by stirring up vile men to join with you, such as heretofore your hearts were opposite to? How comes it to pass that you can close so lovingly now? You can smile one upon another and shake hands together. How comes it to pass that you bring joy …
Discipline in the Local Church
INTRODUCTION: Church discipline is not very common in the contemporary church, and, because it is rarely done, when it is done, it is rarely done well. As with everything, we have to turn to the Scriptures for guidance and protection. And in turning to the Scriptures, we are not just looking for procedures, but we …
An Intersection of Tests
We have been considering and distinguishing the various tests for genuine Christianity. We now come to the portion of the epistle of John where it becomes evident that while these things may be distinguished, they cannot be separated. We have come to the intersection of the tests. “Beloved, let us love one another, for love …
Puritan Greatness With Words
“But on almost any view, Tyndale who inaugurated, and the Genevan translators who first seriously advance, our tradition, tower head and shoulders above all others whom I have yet mentioned” (C.S. Lewis, English Literature in the 16th Century, p. 211).
The Spirit At Work Before the Spirit Falls
“The right way to look upon the unction of the Spirit is to think of it as that which comes upon the preparation” (Lloyd-Jones, Preachers and Preaching, p. 304).
Contempt for the Poor
“But there is little doubt that an oppositional attitude toward traditional social rules is what wins the modern intellectual his spurs, in the eyes of other intellectuals. And the prestige that intellectuals confer upon antinomianism soon communicates itself to nonintellectuals. What is good for the bohemian sooner or later becomes good for the unskilled worker, …
Blinkered Be-Bop
“All our scholars, statesmen, politicians, bureaucrats, philosophers, musicians, painters, and anchormen haven’t a clue. The bugle blows indistinctly, and we all think it is a new form of jazz” (Mother Kirk, p. 205).
Dealing With People Instead of Abstract Logic
“Truer and more gentle is the judgment of that great and peacemaking divine, Martin Bucer, who said, ‘It is our part not to look at what may follow from an opinion, but at what follows in the consciences of those who hold it'” (Burroughs, Irenicum, p.268).
Fiendish Glee
It seems that computers can do a lot of things. This is, I believe, what is called a dented image. So here is the picture that you all can summon up whenever you think that I must have written a particular post with fiendish glee and mayhem in my heart. Suppose, to borrow an image …