“Those who are in favor of smaller government are, when this is translated, in favor of a smaller capacity for coercion. Those who are in favor of bigger government are in favor of increased opportunities for coercion.”
Empathy in the High Places
Casting down imaginations . . . (2 Cor. 10:5) The high places of old that kings in Judah were reluctant to tear down, even the good kings, were places that presented themselves well. The groves were stately, the trees well-spaced, the shrines impressive, the walkways manicured. There was a sense of the numinous and holy, …
A Crown by Faith
Introduction Sermon Video In the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem, we see that the cross is very much in view. At the same time, it is still appropriate to call it a triumphal entry ...
And Their Coercion Is Invisible to Them
“Jesus hates socialism. He hates statism. He hates crony capitalism. Why? Because it doesn’t run on love. Love is obligatory, but it is not coercive. Coercion, masked as it is by the lies of modern statist theory, is their great counterfeit of love.”
Explosive Glory
“But we want to see You glorified now.
And deliverance that comes like a bolt from the blue
Would also be glorious, and Your name would be praised in it,
But I pray we might see this grace as its building.
Father, I pray for a gathering crescendo
That then reaches in glory a climax of wonder.
I pray that Your glory comes in like a thunderclap,
So that we might try to match an amen.”
21 Prayers, p. 106
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With His Left Hand
“Your Spirit can move as He always has.
Why don’t You come down—show up and show off?
Throw them all down and all their devices.
And with the left hand of Your cruciform power?”
21 Prayers, p. 105
Mild or Orgiastic
“The choice between secular options on the right is like a competition between a gentlemanly Epicurean and a rowdy one. The former walks at dawn in a manicured flower garden, contemplating chess moves and Rawlsian political theory, while the latter is more interested in crack cocaine and hoochie mamas. Without an overarching standard governing the two of them, we are simply comparing a longer life of nobler, milder pleasures, and a shorter life consisting of a blowout filled with orgiastic ones. But when we have to choose on those grounds, it is simply a matter of personal preference.”
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One of Those Days: Now There’s a Rug: Wooded Open Road: A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: Maybe Try Something Else: It Is Often the Way: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Tolsten Wolber And Another Podcast Also: Featured Product: Cousin Companions 2017:This is a small collection of the exhortations I give to my grandchildren at …