“I used the full text of the n-word just now because it is one of the words that is being used as an ideological slug, as evidenced by its banishment from real literature and its mandatory inclusion in rap music.”
No Such Thing as Bad Words, p. 45
Secularism as Protestant Heresy
Introduction: It is an old error, and an old trick, to blame the straight road for the behavior of those who veered off it. This is like blaming a math class for those who flunked out of it. And while there are times when an orthodox math class had a terrible teacher, and consequently shares …
Coming of Age/Life Between the Sexes #1
Introduction: We live in a community where the idea of courtship has taken root to such an extent that it is a widespread community assumption. It is not a church “rule,” or anything like that, ...
An Appropriate Curse
“So of course the expression should never be used because the guy in front of you on the freeway is driving too slowly. But if a false teacher is spreading soft buttery lies about LGBTQ and + . . . then God damn that guy.”
No Such Thing as Bad Words, p. 39
The Sin of Not Swearing
“There are many occasions where it would be unrighteousness to swear. The prohibitions are in Scripture for a reason. But we must also keep in mind the fact that there are many occasions when it would be unrighteousness not to swear.”
No Such Thing as Bad Words, p. 31
Content Cluster [04-09-26]
That Took a Lot of Thought: When You Ask Your Mother If You Can Get Out With Your Skateboard: A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: A Question Worth Asking: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Bill Farnsworth Featured Product: Letters to a Rootless White Kid:This is a series of fictional letters to a displaced white kid, …
Carry the Concept With You
“It is not legalism to understand the principle and apply it in new territory.”
No Such Thing as Bad Words, p. 19
So . . . Pete Hegseth and the Iran War
Introduction: So the war in Iran has been going on for a little over a month now, and enough of it has unfolded that I am now being asked on the regular what I think of the big picture. This ...
One or the Other
“Jesus says that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks (Matt. 12:34). Is our speech a fresh water spring or a sewage pipe?”
No Such Thing as Bad Words, p. 18
Letters Abounding
Letter to the Editor: More on the definition of “Artificial Intelligence.”Artificial sweetener is chemical. What makes it artificial is that it emulates natural sweetener. Artificial ...