We are now entering the season of Advent. And just as St. Paul told the Corinthians to observe the festival of Passover—which they did coming to the Lord’s Supper—by getting rid of the yeast of malice and wickedness, so you should take care to observe Christmas in the same fashion. This is the season of …
It All Comes Down to the Point
“Every art is itself and not some other art. Every general principle we reach must, therefore, have a peculiar mode of application to each of the arts” (C.S. Lewis, An Experiment in Criticism, p. 28).
Conservative Values
“No thoughtful Christian can consider the state of our culture today without considerable grief. The lawless are in power, the innocent suffer, the gullible believe, the taxable pay, the sages are befuddled, and everything gets progressively worse. One political party wants to drive us toward the cliff at seventy miles an hour, and the loyal …
Mythos or Logos
“As I have said, the author of the Fourth gospel speaks of the source of human evil and delusion as the ‘father of lies’ and the ‘murderer from the beginning.’ If this ‘father’ is a father from the beginning, and if what he fathers is lies, then the first lie must also have taken place …
To All of the Nations
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Have mercy, oh God; Have mercy on us. Bless us we pray, And make Your face shine, Shine down upon us, So that we might reflect. Reveal Your ways to all of the heathen, Your saving health to all of the nations. …
Faith Chews and Swallows
As we celebrate at this Table, we must always remember whose meal it is. We did not establish this Supper, but rather, the Lord Jesus did. He self-consciously sat down at the Passover meal with His disciples, which He said He had been longing to do, and in the midst of these old covenant symbols, …
Just Plain Grateful
We have just finished celebrating Thanksgiving, and we are on the threshold of Advent. Every worship service, every Lord’s Day, culminates in our celebration of the Eucharist, which is the table of Thanksgiving. In contrast, those who rebel against God in the first chapter of Romans are described as having two signature positions—their refusal to …
Round, Round, Get Around, I Get Around
Those who know me know that I do enjoy following politics, speaking and writing on the virtues that made America great. Between 2 am and 5 am, it appears that I am the Chairman of Townhall.com. And of course, there is the warm, approachable designer side of things as well. When it comes to interiors, …
Apply What They Are Saying to What They Are Saying
After a hiatus of sorts, I picked up Merold Wesphal’s Overcoming Onto-theology again. I had been halfway through his essay on capitulating to the “Copernican Revolution, although he didn’t call it that. Upon finishing the essay, the thing that I find most striking about pomos and pomo-friendlies is a pervasive faux-intello-humility coupled with sheer inability …
A Prayer of Imprecation
One of the easiest things in the world to misunderstand (and therefore to misrepresent) is the biblical pattern of imprecatory prayer. It is very easy to interpret the practice as some kind of primitive voodoo doll custom, practiced only by the petty and vindictive. But for those who are open to a very fine treatment …