Visionaries, I am afraid that Jon was distressed at my humorous response and thought it showed a lack of propriety on my part. A humorous response to grotesque slander is indicative of a lack of decency on the part of the recipient of the slander? But I am afraid I will not play that game. …
Fair and Unfair
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 51 One difficult aspect of learning to operate your own business is the lesson of learning how to take your lumps. In dealing with the general public, a customer’s reactions will often be out of proportion when considered in the …
Look Who’s Fencing the Table Now
I still can’t get over the fact that our Intolerista friends are seriously trying to ban hundreds of our young people from taking communion during one of our worship services. The best thing I can figure out is that they have hired Howard Dean as a PR consultant. In our worship services we practice weekly …
Thinly Disguised Wowserism
The other day I noted that there have been a total of nine attempts to manipulate various tax-supported entities in order to harass us and our ministries. Now make that ten. Rose Huskey and Saundra have recently (June 10) sent a letter to folks at the UI trying to cause problems for our upcoming Trinity …
On the Dark Side of Every Moon
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! God Almighty, Maker of all things, we praise Your ineffable wisdom and power, Your kindness and mercy, Your justice and law, Your Son and Your Spirit. We thank You for receiving our worship now. We confess that You are the God above …
A Few Tattered Rags
Not only must the Church throw down idols, but the Church is called to throw down idols using God’s appointed instruments for doing so. We are to pull them all from their marble pedestals, but what ropes are we to use? In the apostolic era, the word of God was preached with great boldness, and …
Two Questions
There are two great questions that should be answered in your minds as you come to the Lord’s table. These questions should not just be answered at one point in your life, but rather should be part of your conscious heart and mind each time you approach the Table. The two questions are these: what …
One More Round
This morning in the Daily News, Rose Huskey and Saundra Lund offered an op-ed piece on Moscow’s culture wars to the public. I assume that I will have an opportunity to respond in the paper, but since this is a good example of what we are dealing with, I thought a quick response here would …
Imagine There’s No Heaven
Visionaries, John says that when I go “nuclear” and unleash a WMD like ‘Says who?’ the only thing one can do is “slowly back away and be grateful that you weren’t completely destroyed by the strength of the opposing argument.” This can only be understood as a facile playground response, and not an argument, if …
Elijah One Tooth
Visionaries, I actually think this discussion is getting somewhere. But I still have questions, and I hope will get this us even further. Susanna says that the difference between us is that she thinks it is a matter of law, not morality. And goes on to say that polygamy would be fine with her if …