Theology That Bites Back
We begin our celebration of Christmas where we ought to begin it, and that is with a child in a manger, visiting angels, followed by the visiting shepherds, and all the other features of the story that we know so well. We begin with the basic facts of the story. But the facts of the …
In one sense, all baptisms are infant baptisms. When someone comes to Christ, they are instructed to take in the pure milk of the Word, in a way similar to what a newborn baby does. “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby” (1 Peter 2:2). It is …
Sermon Video Introduction: This part of the Christmas story is not a stand-alone story. In the narrative, we find a type of how all the rulers of this world will eventually come to kiss the Son. ...
Given the way that Christmas lands this year, I think we should let it interrupt our regular blogging schedule. There will consequently be no posts next Monday or Wednesday, and there will be no Letters posted on Tuesday. Go celebrate with your family. Attend a worship service. Have a cinnamon roll. I will resume the …
“Events kept eventing, as they are wont to do, and after a time there was a significant Jewish population there.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 32
DW received an invitation to speak at the RR conference in Taylor, TX (Feb. 29/Mar. 02, 2024). Because of our general concerns, the elders of Christ Church gave DW permission to go, provided he communicate our concerns to Joel Webbon in a straightforward manner beforehand. Some of the concerns were personal in nature, but one …
“We need to engage with antisemites over the sheer fact of the Nazi atrocities against the Jews. That genocide and attempt at complete genocide really did happen. But we also must debate the meaning of the Holocaust with the Jews. It does not mean what many Christ-rejecting Jews are claiming it means. If Christ rose from the dead, it cannot mean that.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 25
These Things Happen: Splendor in the Ordinary: More here . . . A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: Let’s Take This In Small Steps: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Renato Muccillo Featured Product: Education (Chrestomathy):This small book is a collection of my quotations on the subject of education, taken from sources all over tarnation. The …
“For the Jew who wants the Holocaust to be treated as absolutely unique, and not ever to be compared with other historical events, what the Holocaust means is either that the Jews themselves are absolutely unique, or that Gentiles are uniquely evil, or a combination of the two. Neither of these are options for consistent Christians.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 23
