Review of Douglas Wilson, A Serrated Edge [1] John M. Frame Just so everyone will know where I’m coming from, I should say that I am a longtime fan of both satire and Doug Wilson. The former came into my life much earlier than the latter. I first caught the writing bug doing satirical pieces …
Stand By for a Cordial Discussion
A number of months ago, John Armstrong asked me if I would mind writing a response to a review of A Serrated Edge in one of his publications, and I agreed happily. After they published it, we would then do the same. Unfortunately, they were providentially hindered from publishing the exchange and so the other …
Preparing for the Crisis That Wasn’t
Y2K has not always been on everyone’s lips, but it is now. For years, those who had taken the responsibility of warning others were pretty lonely people. Now that we have very little time left, we have nearly universal awareness . . . and mounting consternation. In the midst of this, many pastors are wondering …
All Are Babylon
“And so we must state the problem as it concerns Babylon, for she, as we have already seen, is the figure of all other cities; she is The City in the Bible” (Ellul, The Meaning of the City, p. 48).
Outrages That Take Courage (in the Present) to Oppose
“The status of women in Islam is comparable to that of the human rights in Cuba: theoretically exalted if you subscribe to the theory, utterly deplorable in practice, and impolite to discuss frankly in the enlightened Western circles” (Serge Trifkovic, The Sword of the Prophet, p. 154).
Roundabout Momentum
“Although America’s white rock ‘n’ rollers lacked the musical sophistication found in jazz, they had a pretty clear idea of where they stood in the cultural hierarchy. Carl Perkins put it best when he said: ‘Rockabilly’s simple music but it’s not that easy to play.’ By this light, the Beatles’s true significance is not that …
There is Never “No Discipline”
“When sin begins to work, the one in a position to discipline has a choice to make. Discipline is inescapable. At that point, we will either discipline the sin, or we will discipline the righteous” (Mother Kirk, p. 158).
Contagion
“Many men of moderate spirits, if left alone, yet meeting with men who tell them stories and speak ill of those men that heretofore there had a good opinion of, now, before they have examined what the truth is, let a venom get into their spirits before they are aware. their hearts begin to be …
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A Little Irreverence Goes a Long Way
Jihad. The Musical. HT: Steven Wedgeworth
True Humility
Men who do not comprehend their emptiness do not seek to be filled. As Thomas Watson put it, a hand clutching pebbles cannot be filled with gold. Men who do not understand their emptiness apart from God will not seek to be filled by God. And those who have been made aware of their spiritual …