“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 74 “He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding” (Prov. 12:11). If you want food, then you have to walk behind the plow for a bit. One of …
Almost As Real As Movie Reviews
“The same might have been said not only of Time itself but of most of the American popular press. All over the land of the free, hip little film critics were celebrating the exhibition of Mr. Ripploh’s lower orifices with the words and phrases they’d memorized while studying for their Master’s degrees. ‘The latest film …
Looking Out the Window
“Whenever we run into this uncomfortable thing called work in our studies, we think that something has gone wrong. If it is borning, it must be bad. And whenever we think that something has gone wrong, we ipso pronto hustle out children off to a specialist, who discovers that they have LOWS (Looking Out the …
Christ the Singer
The Bible teaches us that when Christ brings us to heaven, He does not do so while holding His nose. Many have sought to abase the creature too much, in effect placing sinners beyond the reach of a Savior. This does not honor Him at all. Our need was truly desperate; apart from Him we …
Envying the Dead
“Just so. Mr. Forster was not a Philistine, but he was a stunted man, spiritually, emotionally, and professionally. He was one of those said creatures of the twentieth century who define themselves in terms of their own insufficiencies, and it was his tragedy-and ours, some may think-that he let his unhappiness and his self-reproach lead …
You Protect What You Love
“Moreover, a refusal to discipline teaches students to treat the education being offered with contempt. The students will certainly despise any education that the educators themselves hold in contempt. And if parents and teachers refuse to discipline, they are holding in contempt the education they offer. A man who refuses to defend his wife does …
Two and Three Witnesses
It has been rightly pointed out that Matthew 18 is not talking about what many people assume it is talking about. Jesus is talking about one application of the biblical principles of justice; He is not talking about all of them. Not even close. For example, the situation He describes is limited to someone who …
The Dessert Cart Rolls On
Saturday Night Live had a really good one. The Political Teen has a clip of it here. And HT to Right Mind.
Performative Contradictions
In the whole kerfluffle between modernism and postmodernism, we should take our lead from Paul at Athens. He did not go there in order to determine whether he was closer to the Epicureans or to the Stoics. They had many differences, but at bottom they were both pagan systems of thought with a deep foundational …
Do Not Forake Your Servant
Minister: Lift up your hearts!Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! And blessed are those who undefiled    Walk in the ways of God,Who walk according to His laws,Who keep His testimonies sure,    And seek their God with all their heart. Iniquity they will not do,    They walk in holy ways.For You command obedience,That we …