We must prepare our minds to think as mature Christians. The author of Hebrews wanted very much for us to be able to follow his argument here. Without spiritual maturity, grounded in practical obedience, we will not be able to get what he is driving at. When Jesus gave the Great Commission, the thing He …
Open Heart Surgery
We now observe the Supper of the Lord at the conclusion of every worship service. Do not drift into the sin of thinking that this is a mere routine. What is actually happening is that God is performing the spiritual equivalent of open-heart surgery on you, and He is doing it now on a weekly …
The “Malady” of Modesty
“The moral hedges that surrounded our collective life have been trampled down. That is the paramount truth. What once was sublimated is now, in all of its raw and often violent nature, spewed forth in the name of liberty or self-expression. What once had to be private is now paraded publicly for the gallery of …
Bungee Jumping With Frayed Cords
“Our lives are bounded by God. ‘Since his days are determined, the number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass’ (Job 14:5). Until the time comes that God has established, every man is immortal. As far as God’s determination is concerned, we cannot lengthen and we …
Culture As Cop
“Culture, then, is the outward discipline in which inherited meanings and morality, beliefs and ways of behaving are preserved . . . It is what tells us what owning a Cadillac means, what significance being gay has, how we can measure someone whom we learn is a doctor, an engineer, a street artist, or homeless. …
Reformed Theology and Classical Christian Schools
“Recall that the Reformation had begun early in the sixteenth century, and we can see that the historic position of Protestants was well-established for two and a half centuries before there were really any non-Augustinian Protestants. This pervasive orthodoxy included the American colonies, and it did not begin to erode in our nation until the …
The Letter That Was Not Sent
For those interested, Christ Church has reposted a statement on one aspect of the Terry Morin affair. That statement and supporting documentation can be found here. Those who have been following this sideshow know that one of the charges being leveled against me is that of trying to palm off an unsigned letter from the …
Follow Through
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 77 “The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious” (Prov. 12:27). In every discipline, one of the most important things is follow-through, finishing strong. This of course includes …
How the Center Gave Way
“The collapse of the Western mind after Kant then scattered the human enterprise of understanding to the four winds. The falcon, moving in ever wider circles on the winds of modernity, has lost the voice of the falconer, the whole process greatly accelerated by the growing accumulations of knowledge in all fields that are stored …
Kids Demanding Uniforms
“The Bible tells us that it is legitimate to mark someone’s position in a particular culture or society by how they dress. Having students on the way home from school recognized as students is fully in keeping with a general human pattern, and is observed in Scripture and seen regularly in other situations. To illustrate, …