We have had some local kibbitzing about our upcoming history lectures at Trinity Fest, and our so-called “revisionism.” Critics of the thesis that America was an explicitly Christian nation in its establishment and founding often point to the first Treaty of Tripoli (1797), which concluded hostilities with the Barbary Pirates. In the course of that …
Inescapable
“A man who is the head of his wife is preaching all day about Christ and the Church — his obedience or disobedience will determine whether his preaching is full of lies or not, but the very nature of his relation to his wife means that he is preaching, like it or not” (Federal Husband, …
God Restores All His People
God delights to restore His people, and we are convinced that He is in the process of doing so. At the same time, be aware that the enemy of our souls does not leave such restorations unopposed. We will be attacked, and we will be attacked where we are the weakest. When God restores His …
The Table Fences Us
St. Paul tells us that we must not eat and drink from the table of the new testament unworthily. He uses the word several times, but remember the context of his warning. The Corinthians were guilty of divisions in the church, drunkenness, sexual immorality, and greed. Paul tells them that such sins, unrepented, were inconsistent …
Arranged On The Altar
The Word of God is like a very sharp sword, and the Bible teaches us that preparation for worship is actually preparation to be cut in pieces so that God might place us on His altar. As He does this, we ascend before Him in the smoke of the burnt offering. Our prayers, our psalms, …
Proof-reading Your Life
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 56 Each of us is telling a story every day, and we are the central character in the story we tell. We tell the story, but many of us do not have the perspective to proof-read our own story, the …
Something Wrong With His Typewriter
This morning I received a copy of an anonymous attack on various members of our churches, posted on the ever-reliable Venom 20/20. For those who know nothing of it, you have not really missed out. For those who are aware of this particular spray of bitterness, let this answer suffice. One of the temptations that …
Tomayto, Tomahto
An editorial writer for the Lewiston Tribune wrote that folks should “quit picking on” me, and I appreciate the sentiment. But this expression of charity was too much for one letter writer, a woman named Joan Opyr, who wrote an indignant response. It turns out that I have been picking on Moscow — for several …
Wahoo From the Yahoos
This falls under the heading of prayer request and thanksgiving. We are now in the week running up to our Trinity Fest, and all the indications show that we are set for a great conference. Registrations have been strong, the scheduled events are much broader and deeper than we used to have at the old …
Flitcraft
Among my odder pursuits, I would have to include my reading through an Anglo/Saxon dictionary (mostly for entertainment). You learn things that way which I cannot imagine learning in any other way. Anyhow, one of the words I recently came across was the Old English word for logic — which is flitcraft. I much prefer …