Visionaries, In his great book Orthodoxy, Chesterton once said, “This began to be alarming. It looked not so much as if Christianity was bad enough to include any vices, but rather as if any stick was good enough to beat Christianity with.” The aptness of this observation is seen in the following missive from Angie: …
Pro Fanum
Visionaries, In his recent post, Darryl targets my assumption of the infallibility of the God’s Word, and offers his alternative. But this simply highlights yet another example of an “inescapable concept.” The best way to summarize this concept is with the phrase, “not whether, but which.” It is not whether we will have a god …
Christ in Others
Let no man seek his own, St. Paul says. This is an essential part of discerning the Lord’s body. We are to discern the Lord’s body, among other ways, in one another. As you partake of the Supper, do not close yourself up into a little private spiritual room. Feel free to look around at …
Avoiding Checkmate
Visionaries, Darryl wrote to ask about my responsibility in helping to give Moscow a black eye in the PR department. What was my intent in all of this? First, Darryl is exactly right in anticipating how I would respond. We did not print and distribute the anonymous flyers, we did not ask for a front …
A Chilling Effect
Visionaries, Angie says, “It sure is chilly out there.” Actually, it really is chilly. There are people “out there” who use “racism” as the all-purpose category to describe anything they don’t like or disagree with. Then they have trouble making distinctions between worldviews that are utterly and entirely different. In this view, there are two …
Sidelong Glances
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 53 In the world of business and vocational callings, one of the hardest things for the Christian heart to mortify is the carnal reaction to what other people make. Even the ludicrous examples illustrate the principle. In a free country, …
Always Thinking You’re Right
Visionaries, Dan’s post brought several important issues to mind. First, he answers a couple of his own rhetorical questions with the very dogmatic, “Absolutely not.” Then, without any sense of irony, he goes on to say, “Doug Wilson is open to criticism — and almost demands it — when he says he is right and …
Altar Call
Visionaries, Sandra praised my altar call, but demurred because she is not a Christian. But of course, the whole point of presenting the gospel is to present it to non-Christians. Let me just say that it is a standing offer — and it really is an offer to come to Jesus, and not to me, …
The Impossibility of the Contrary
Visionaries, I appreciate Andy’s use of our sources because I honestly think he is trying to understand what we are saying before critiquing it. And I would just like to add one additional note to his summary of our presuppositional approach, which was generally quite fair. All finite creatures must have an axiomatic starting point …
Table Allegiance
We have no right to legislate morality in any area unless God has spoken to that issue clearly and directly. Apart from this, all things are lawful in their substance. The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness of it. We have already considered that all men are covenantal partakers of something. God has embodied …