“It is quite possible to glean wisdom from a donkey (Num. 22:31), but this is very different from seeking wisdom among the donkeys.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 81
Letters to Cleanse the Palate
Letter to the Editor: Spot on! And don't forget that Adam created and applied a taxonomical nomenclature to every living creature in, like, a day. We're still trying to figure out what to ...
Sourcing the Golden Calf
“All truths are God’s truths, this is true. But it is also the case that an all lies are the devil’s lies. And all good lies claim to be true. All gold is God’s gold, and all fool’s gold is the devil’s gold. Speaking of plundering the Egyptians, all gold is God’s gold, and all the gold that Egyptians gave the Israelites was God’s gold, but some of it still wound up in the golden calf.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 81
The Brilliance of Ancient Man
Introduction: One of the intellectual problems that conservative Christians have is that they have allowed evolutionary assumptions to seep into their understanding of human history downstream from the question of our origins. They deny the theory of evolution proper, as well they ought, considering it to be, in the words of Malcolm Muggeridge, “one of …
Athletics and Christian Community #8
Introduction: According to the ancients, anger is a brief madness. This is certainly true if we are talking about carnal anger, about the anger of man. This kind of anger is akin to an eruption, and ...
Product Limitations
“An unbeliever can offer to sell me oil that will make my hands slippery. That is within his right and capacity, and we have no reason to object to his attempting to do so. But he has no right to sell me oil that will remove guilt and shame. That really is blasphemy. He has no authorization to sell me love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, or self-control—and it does not matter whether he makes such promises through the medium of oils, crystals, joy pills in a bottle, lying on his couch to relate my dreams, or drawing energy from my third chakra.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 80
Duly Noted
Assigned Duties
“Pastors can fail at their assigned task, but it by no means follows from this that the task was somehow not assigned to them. You can only fail a class that you were enrolled in.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 79
Triumphant Sorrow
Photo credit: Lisa Hughes Today is the anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s promotion to glory, and I can’t let the day pass without saying something for the moment. When I think of Charlie’s gifted and dogged affability, it is no mystery to me that the enemies of God would want to take him out. What remains …
Content Cluster Muster [09-10-26]
A Juke as Thing of Beauty : Ah, There We Go: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Christian Hook I Love Nature Docs: Wait. He Has Other Tricks . . . : A Song I Like for Some Reason: Featured Product: Smashmouth Incrementalism: Over the years, I have written a good bit on what I call smashmouth incrementalism. …