“Much Christian art today of the sort sold in bookstores is ‘uplifting’ in a sentimental and optimistic way, as if looking on the sunny side were a cure for the cancer of human sin.” [Gene Veith, State of the Arts (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1991), pp. 172]
Cherishing the Banned
“On the one hand, the codes claim to cherish free speech and academic freedom, including the freedom to express even the most challenging and offensive ideas; one the other, certain categories of ‘offensive’ speech are banned in order to create a ‘comfortable’ and ‘inclusive’ learning atmosphere” (The Shadow University, p. 79).
The Difference Between the Two
“The nature of this rebellion was democracy — the rule of demos, the people. The people en masse were thought of as having final authority — over traditions, kings, customs, historic loyalties, and churches. We have grown accustomed to thinking of our democracy as a good thing, and it surprises us to learn that the …
Our Educated Fog-Mongers
A week or so ago, I posted something on laymen and Scripture here. I invited Tim Enloe to respond, which he has now done here. To this, let me add just a few additional comments. I agree with the drift of Tim’s comments, and share his loathing of egalitarianism. And I agree that the fact …
Who? Whom?
[Stanley] “Fish openly suggested that he was receptive to the prospect of both ideological indoctrination and ideological intimidation of students. He was equally blunt in responding to the classic claim of free speech absolutists that the beginning of censorship is a perilous ‘slippery slope’ that would result in pervasive and unpredictable restrictions on freedom. ‘Some …
A Green Acre of Goo
“The plenitude and magnificence of God’s works are all around us. Annie Dillard has observed that God is infinitely more imaginative than we are. Pretend, she says, that ‘You are God. You want to make a forest, something to hold the soil, lock up solar energy, and give off oxygen. Wouldn’t it be simpler just …
A False Savior Saved
“In an important sense, every culture is the externalization of some religion. And every school exists to perpetuate and pass on that culture. As we look around at the great squirrel-cage run we call modernity, we see that most of us as moderns belong to a religion called Getting Ahead. In contrast to this attitude, …
Mornin’ Sunshine
Tim Bayly helpfully uncorks on those Christian leaders who are now seeking to sidle away from centuries of corporate cultural wisdom. Justin Taylor has a link to Al Mohler on the Da Vinci Code. Go, Al. My contribution to this discussion is for Christians to start calling the whole thing Daah Vincheeee. Mark Noll demonstrates …
No Miser of Grace
Our Lord, who knew the hearts of men, served the Lord’s Supper to Judas, one in whose heart the devil was already at work. Not only this, but the Lord also took off His outer garments, took a basin, and washed the disciples’ feet, including the feet of Judas – the same feet that were …
Two Doors
In the call to worship, consider the contrast of two doors. The first, found in Revelation 3:20, is the door of the church, a door at which the Lord Jesus Christ stands and knocks. This is not the door of an unbeliever’s heart, as so many today assume, but is rather the door of a …