Theology That Bites Back
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Introduction: One of the reasons why an unloving generation can come to think of themselves as entirely loving is they have assumed control of all the essential definitions. They have seized ...
“When it becomes apparent that the food on the table is still there after we open our eyes from saying grace, we should close them again to thank Him again.”
The Cultural Mind, pp. 254-255
Letter to the Editor: What's with all this reason and dispassionate rationality. I don't buy it!!! Mike -- Doug responds: Mike, you know, I just can't help it sometimes. ...
“If I am the end product of atoms careening through a mindless universe, there is no one to whom I may show my gratitude, and yet my ethical need to be grateful is genuine. There, there is a God, and I thank Him for the green hills I saw yesterday.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 254
To all the good people of Moscow, greetings. I trust that you had a wonderful Christmas with your families, and as we are now on the threshold of a new year, I hope to do what I can to brighten the prospect of that year just a little bit. If I were in full possession …
Sermon Video Introduction: As you all know, it is our custom sometime around the first of the year to give a “state of the church” message. Sometimes it relates more to the condition and challenges ...
“When it comes to the ‘ecumenical question,’ we appear to have divided between two positions. The first says we should accept all kinds of heretical ‘Christians’ with all friendliness. The other says we should reject their heresies, along with their title to the name Christian. We have two positions. The first is that husbands cannot commit adultery, and the second is that adulterers are not husbands, and hence not adulterers. What never occurs to anyone is the duty of fighting our fellow Christians to the last ditch, as Athanasius did with Arius.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 247
“The Bible is not a grab bag of infallible truths, thoughtfully provided by God so that we could have an axiomatic starting point for our subsequently autonomous reasoning. The Scriptures are authoritative. We are men, with our breath in our nostrils. We are creatures with little pointy heads.”
The Cultural Mind, pp. 243-244
