“Both friends and foes pay lip service to the ‘gospel’ contribution to rock ‘n’ roll, but when it comes to appreciating the larger cultural significance of the music, they join forces in forgetting all about religion. Instead they focus almost exclusively on sex—a focus that distorts both the music and its meaning” (Martha Bayles, Hole …
Like a Fish in the Pond
“Contentions and strifes that are as tedious to other men as death are their delight. They are most in their element when they are over head and ears in them” (Burroughs, Irenicum, p. 207).
The Whole Schebeal
Scott Clark is responding to the FV statement also, which can be found here. In this post, he compares us to terrorists, among other things. “Will the PCA signatories really submit to the judgment of the presbyteries or will they flee to the waiting and willing arms of that woman of easy virtue in Moscow?” …
Demonstrating Confessional Integrity
Greenbaggins has begun interacting with the FV statement, and if I may say so, he begins well. He notes first that we claim to be in harmony with the Reformed confessions, and he says that he will assume us to be so unless it is proven otherwise. Secondly, he recognizes the defined scope of the …
Oh, Yeah?
Some friends were talking about Rene Girard and his work, and one of them thought to send me this clip — illustrative of the bizarre nature of mimetic conflict. Enjoy.
Glory and Matter
The gnostic impulse lies deep with us, close to the bone. But God, in His mercy, has placed the resurrection of Jesus Christ right at the center of our faith. This means that in order to give way fully to gnosticism, we have to abandon the faith in order to do so. And in the …
As Though a Higher Power Were At Work
“Nonetheless, all of this is decidedly insufficient to explain the biblical teaching. There is such profound understanding of urban reality that it appears to be taken from an observation of our modern world” (Ellul, The Meaning of the City, p. 42).
Open-Ended Conflict
“Islam is and always has been a religion of intolerance, a jihad without an end” (Serge Trifkovic, The Sword of the Prophet, p. 138).
And Jerry Lee Is Jimmy Swaggart’s Cousin
“The most unappreciated fact about the three most galvanizing performers in early rock ‘n’ roll—Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard Penniman—is that they all grew up in the Pentecostal church. Presley and Lewis were raised in the predominately white Assemblies of God, and Penniman in a variety of black Holiness and Church of God …
Continued Rejection of Westminster
The next issue of Credenda is going to be addressing the whole issue of the Federal Vision, and in that issue you will find a statement of convictions signed by some of the leading participants in this conversation — we have released that document early so you can take a look at it here. For …