Theology That Bites Back
Introduction: If we are not too proud to learn a little ethical wisdom from Hank Williams, I would like to share the chorus from one of his songs with you. Yeah, my bucket’s got a hole in itYeah, my bucket’s got a hole in itYeah, my bucket’s got a hole in itI can’t buy no …
“My concern is that this objection to baptizing infants arises, but there is no objection to taking those same kids to summer youth camp thirteen years later in order to have them all throw pine cones in the fire as a sacramental indicator of their commitment. A rejection of God’s sacraments will not give us no sacraments but substitute sacraments.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 235
“God never establishes Himself as an individual’s Father without giving that person countless brothers and sisters. This is another way of saying that there is no salvation outside the church.”
The Cultural Mind, pp. 234-235
Letter to the Editor: I am working on a sermon on idolatry and remember you recommending Schlossberg’s “Idols for Destruction” on your Plodcast, along with another book on idolatry. ...
Introduction: First, the definitions. Trump, well, you know that one. NFTs stands for "Non-Fungible Tokens,"which is a cryptographic asset embedded in a block chain, meaning that it has a distinct ...
Sermon Video Introduction: An essential part of the Christian confession is that Jesus of Nazareth is “fully God” and “fully man.” If you sometimes wonder why the Nicene Creed and the ...
“As for the wine, it is a good thing—‘the earth is the Lord’s and all it contains’ (1 Cor. 10:26, NASB). Wine gladdens the heart of man, and when taken in faith at the Lord’s Table, it straightens out the heart of man.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 227
So here is some festive doggerel I wrote some time ago, and which I periodically post at appropriate times of the year — and now it is the turn of 2022. I think the last time I published this was in 2017. Have a merry Christmas. Comments are open, but only for those of you …
“Our central hope is the resurrection of the dead, the resurrection of the body, ten toes and all.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 226
