Last fall I was doing a conference down in Florida together with Rob Rayburn. During the course of one of my talks, I mentioned something I had picked up from a famous Barna survey, which indicated that there are not any appreciable lifestyle differences between evangelicals and generic pagans when it comes to issues like …
June Bugs Into Sea Lions
Dear visionaries, It really is good to hear from Susannah from time to time, because it inspires me to write. But she might want to remember the comment of P. G. Wodehouse concerning folks like me. Some minds are like the soup in a poor restaurant — better left unstirred. She says, for example, that …
Unity and Doctrine
This is an important issue to settle. For it is obvious that the issues surrounding Calvinism are not a dispute about secondary matters like baptism or church government. For those who have followed closely, this whole debate actually centers on the full meaning of the gospel. How should we then approach brothers in the Lord …
Continuing Kindness
Our Father and great God, we thank You for Your continuing kindness to us. We thank You for the work behind us, the work before us, and the salvation rest You have provided in the death and resurrection of Your Son and our Lord. We thank You also for the food and wine You have …
A Christian View of War
The decision to have a war is a corporate decision; the decision to go to war an individual one. And once a man decides to go to war, of course his individual behavior in combat has corporate ramifications. When the church was in her infancy, the question of war was a simple one. “Blessed be …
Help Wanted
New St. Andrews College and Christ Church-Moscow seek a joint music instructor and church music director for fall 2005. Position includes teaching year-long Music Colloquium and elective courses, conducting the College’s and church’s choirs, and serving as church music director. Master’s degree and choral conducting experience required, preferably at the collegiate level. Salary and benefits …
Cruel, Not Cowardly
Visionaries, I am sure that part of this is an ethos problem. If I said it, it must be outlandish and subversive of the republic. But nobody in this quarter said anything about medals for bravery or heroism. I believe that men such as this are wicked, and those who do not die in their …
Still Not Cowardly
Visionaries, Jon said, “Attacking the defenseless is, without any doubt, absolute cowardice.” The problem here is that those doing this are kamikaze types. They are not just killing the defenseless, they are surrendering their own lives in order to be able to do so. I call it wicked, and cruel, and lots of others things. …
Cowardly Acts?
Visionaries, Would someone please tell the State Department to stop denouncing homicide/suicide bombers as cowardly? They are lots of wicked things, but being cowards is not one of them. Cordially, Douglas “Apologetics in the Void” are repostings from an on-going electronic discussion and debate I had some time ago with members of our local …
Marriage As Manifest Glory XVIII
INTRODUCTION: Being a married Christian is a function of being a Christian. In other words, we should not expect to find a set of marital “techniques” that are unrelated to the task of living as a Christian generally. For the unmarried, the best preparation for future duties is a pleasant embrace of current duties. For …