Sermon Video Introduction: This part of the Christmas story is not a stand-alone story. In the narrative, we find a type of how all the rulers of this world will eventually come to kiss the Son. ...
The Wise Men and the Nations
Holiday Hiatus
Given the way that Christmas lands this year, I think we should let it interrupt our regular blogging schedule. There will consequently be no posts next Monday or Wednesday, and there will be no Letters posted on Tuesday. Go celebrate with your family. Attend a worship service. Have a cinnamon roll. I will resume the …
As They Always Do, In Fact
“Events kept eventing, as they are wont to do, and after a time there was a significant Jewish population there.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 32
A Timeline for the Ogden/Moscow Controversy
DW received an invitation to speak at the RR conference in Taylor, TX (Feb. 29/Mar. 02, 2024). Because of our general concerns, the elders of Christ Church gave DW permission to go, provided he communicate our concerns to Joel Webbon in a straightforward manner beforehand. Some of the concerns were personal in nature, but one …
Sure, Why Not?
Fact and Meaning
“We need to engage with antisemites over the sheer fact of the Nazi atrocities against the Jews. That genocide and attempt at complete genocide really did happen. But we also must debate the meaning of the Holocaust with the Jews. It does not mean what many Christ-rejecting Jews are claiming it means. If Christ rose from the dead, it cannot mean that.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 25
Content Cluster Muster [12-19-24]
These Things Happen: Splendor in the Ordinary: More here . . . A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: Let’s Take This In Small Steps: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Renato Muccillo Featured Product: Education (Chrestomathy):This small book is a collection of my quotations on the subject of education, taken from sources all over tarnation. The …
One of Our Regular Horrors
“For the Jew who wants the Holocaust to be treated as absolutely unique, and not ever to be compared with other historical events, what the Holocaust means is either that the Jews themselves are absolutely unique, or that Gentiles are uniquely evil, or a combination of the two. Neither of these are options for consistent Christians.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 23
Coming Up on Forty Nine
Nancy and I got married on New Year’s Eve, 1975. It took us a few years to figure out why the restaurants were always so crowded on our anniversary dates. But because we got married New Year’s Eve, that being the case, we will be marking our 49th anniversary in just a few weeks. And …
The Holocaust Hustle
“Over time, movements tend to turn into rackets. There is such a thing as the Holocaust hustle . . . But while some have a vested interest in the Holocaust’s uniqueness, there are others who have a vested interest in the opposite direction. They want to say that the Holocaust didn’t happen at all. Everywhere you go, you run into people.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 20