“The nineteenth century made music into a kind of refined, cultural, almost pseudo-religious revelation of humanism, composed by the great heroes and prophets of mankind . . . Into this world burst jazz and blues” (H.R. Rookmaaker, Modern Art and the Death of a Culture, p. 186).
Love Hungry for Blessing
“Therefore, to understand the fear of the Lord rightly, learn to see that fear as love hungering for blessing” (The Case for Classical Christian Education, p. 224).
The Prophetic Mind
“What is to be noted is not just the the prophetic mind is lucid, but that the prophetic personality is sufficiently grounded in something other than the shifting sands of the social order to withstand the contagious power of social consensus. The clearest proof that Micaiah has managed to stay outside that vortex is that …
Faith Apprehends All Things
We live in a world filled with the glory and kindness of God. We also live in a world filled with sin, sin that can be defined as refusal to see the glory and kindness of God. Some Christians have so emphasized the presence and tenacity of sin that they have made themselves unable to …
Either Faith or Unbelief
We come before the Lord in trust. We have to do this because without it, nothing we do in worship will prevail with Him. We trust Him, we have faith in Him, because this is the only way that creatures can receive blessing from Him. With His blessing, preaching against sin brings conviction and change. …
Why Modern Art Failed
“We may appreciate the efforts, and even admire the greatness, of men who have tried to find the universal, the general ‘behind’ appearances; yet at the same time their quest was doomed to fail, for all universals break down as soon as the Creator, He who made man in His image, is denied or left …
The Difference Attempts At Application Make
“Karl Marx was an intellectual who suffered misfortune because people tried to put his ideas into practice. Had Plao suffered the same misfortune, the world would still be talking about that totalitarian hellhole” (The Case for Classical Christian Education, p. 215).
Politics As Thin Mist
“‘Politics’ is a very poor substitute for ‘Divine Wrath,’ but, alas, it is all most perpetrators of sacred violence have left. And it isn’t enough. It cannot envelop the violence it tries to justify in a thick enough mist” (Gil Bailie, Violence Unveiled, p. 156).
God Rules the Milling, Pagan Tribes
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Let all the people clap their hands; Shout to God triumphantly. Our God on high is terrible; He is a great, majestic king, His kingdom is for all the earth. He is a warrior, conquering, He …
The “Issue” Isn”t the Issue
In the message today, we will be considering the potency of the cross of Jesus Christ, and we will be glorying in the fact that He is Lord over all things. This message necessarily brings the Church into conflict with the unbelieving world, and there is no way to paper over the difference. But though …