“It would be nice indeed if worldview problems could be solved by just crossing the street and opening up a new school, one that is all fresh and clean. But the difficulty is that we track stuff in with us. Wherever we go, there we are” (The Case for Classical Christian Education, p. 101).
Whole Lotta Shaking Goin” On
“Critic and defender, liberal and conservative, all utterly fail to grasp, first, the natural power of music itself—that is, music without words—to move the soul and , second, music’s consequent ability to aid or impede not only our question for a decent social order but also our striving for the goods in which we find …
One or the Other
“Teachers of the truth, and corrupt teachers, cannot both together have people’s affection, and no teacher readily will have weight, if he have not affection from his hearers” (Durham, p. 151).
The Giraffe’s Head
“Every Christian school must adopt an implicit, absolute, childlike wonder at the glory of the Scriptures. We must be people of the Book, knowing it top to bottom, front to back. And we must resolve, before the fact, to have absolutely no problem with any passage of Scripture once the meaning of that passage has …
The Answer to Idolatry
“One might say that irreverence, not blasphemy, is the ultimate answer to idolatry, which is why most cultures have established means by which irreverence may be expressed — in the theater, in jokes, in song, in political rhetoric, even in holidays” [Neil Postman, Technopoly (New York: Vintage Books, 1992), p. 167].
Error as a Judicial Stroke from God
“Only from what is said, we may see that the Lord has a just hand in the overruling of such delusions; and also, that they cannot but be strong and successful which are guided so, as to be executioners of his justice. This also may make men tremble the more, considering that the opening up …
Salty Dogs and Crusty Lutherans
The first part of chapter seven in Waters’ book is dedicated to my views of sacramental efficacy and baptism. And so, here we are. He begins by saying that I misread B.B. Warfield definition of sacerdotalism, and seeks to establish that I misread it by simply stating why Warfield said what he did (p. 199). …
God in All
Minister: Lift up your hearts!Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! God of heaven, God of earth, God of men and women, God our of children, we worship You now through Jesus Christ our Lord. You know all things, the end from the beginning. You know the desires of the sparrow’s heart, You know …
Two Kinds of Crazy
Do not make the mistake of trying to figure sin out. In one sense, we can describe the pattern of sin and temptation, but we cannot ever make sense of sin. If sin made sense, it wouldn’t be sin. This means that every sin, no matter how small, is insanity in principle. Every pattern of …
Gratitude, Before and After
The Church has an eating disorder. We do not come to the Table as we ought to do. We do not come frequently enough, although we are graciously invited every week. We do not come cheerfully enough, even though this is a Table of thanksgiving, not a Table of morbid introspection. We do not come …