Introduction: One word that keeps coming up again and again in reference to the impact of Charlie Kirk's death is the word revival. I don't want to disagree with this, for reasons that will become ...
Revivals and Seismographs
False Comfort
“When the church is in free fall, it doesn’t make sense to look wistfully back at the first yard or so when you were still just underneath the plane.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 93
Letters Serving as a September Closer
Let me begin this letters installment with an expression of regret. Because I was out of the country last week and consequently did not post any letters, and because, upon my return, I have been ...
A Better Job Meeting the Wrong Standard
“For decades, we have been placing effeminate girly men in the pulpit, and this is one of the things that has given the progressive argument so much force. How can you demand femininity in the pulpit, and then argue with the fact that women would do a better job at that than our evangelical beta males do? And they would, too.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 93
The Four
“The world is to be brought to Christ, with all the nations submitting to Him, agreeing to obey Him. That is the mission. The method consisted of Word and water, bread and wine.”
The Sins of Different Sub-Cultures, and the Color of Repentance
Introduction: The trick is to make this thug a representative of his entire "race," while making sure that the lady judge does not in any way represent hers. Last week, something of a discussion ...
No Small Gain, No Small Stir
Acts of the Apostles (43): Sermon Video Introduction: Mammon is frequently a behind-the-scenes god. The celebrity goddess has an impressive sacred space dedicated to her, which cost a lot of ...
Conflicting Goals
“God wants lush gardens, and the devil wants a moonscape.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 91
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
“That means embracing the biblical doctrine of the nature of man, which means limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism, which in turn means a removal of many of the temptations to bring in the kingdom with a sword.”