“Television is not vulgar because people are vulgar; it is vulgar because people are similar in their prurient interests and sharply differentiated in their civilized concerns” (George Gilder, Life After Television, p. 48).
That Ringleader Pride
“Though there are many in a riot, the whole blame usually is laid upon the ringleaders. Pride is the ringleader of all riots, divisions, and disturbances among us” (Burroughs, Irenicum, p. 158).
Book Release Party
For those of you who live in the Moscow area, we are having a book release/book signing party tomorrow night at the Palouse Empire Mall. As the poster above has already informed you, the festivities are from 6 pm to 9 pm, and we are looking forward to a good time. Stacks of the book …
Testimony on the MARS Testimony
The official testimony of the Mid-America Reformed Seminary has a digest of errors. I stated in an earlier post that I could join with them in rejecting about 43 of their list of 45. But the reasons for this vary. In some cases, it was because I agreed with them in rejecting the errors of …
A Review of Leepike Ridge
Okay, let me get a couple things out of the way right at the outset. The first and most obvious is that I am embarking on a review of a novel written by my son, a story that I think is a real premium can of corn. So to speak. And so someone out there …
No Faith in Itself
“That’s why the Church of England and the Episcopal Church and the Congregational Church and the United Church of Canada and many others are sinking beneath the bog of their own relativistic mush, while Islam is the West’s fastest growing religion. There’s no market for a faith that has no faith in itself” (Mark Steyn, …
Big Brother”s Eyeball
“Yet television is at its heart a totalitarian medium. Because television signals originate at a single station and are sent top-down to the masses, tyrants everywhere push TV sets onto their people” (George Gilder, Life After Television, p. 46).
Not Tepid Water
“The point is to fill the day with godly celebration, rest, feasting. Sabbath keeping is the best wine, not tepid water. Observed the right way, the children in the home should grow up longing for the Lord’s Day to come. Remember that in obeying this commandment, we must not turn aside either to the right …
Chariot Wheels of the Furies
“These are pride, self-love, envy, and passion or forwardness. All the other distempers that cause divisions have the poison of these four at the root of them. These are the chariot wheels of the furies, or the four horses that draw them up and down hurrying from place to place” (Burroughs, Irenicum, p. 157).
Hear Me Quickly, Lord
Minister: Lift up your hearts!Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Hear my prayer, O Lord,    Give ear to what I say.In Your faithfulness, answer me now,    And in Your righteousness,    Hear my request. Do not enter into judgment with me,    For in Your sight,    We all are condemned. An enemy attacks my soul,    …