“Salvation for nations is religious, and it needs to be religiously thick. We cannot be saved by a thin religion. We cannot be saved by a religion the theological definitions of which will not stand up under five minutes of questioning. Etiolated faithy-words have no saving power. Why would they?”
The Honesty Is Refreshing
And I Mean Drastic Mistake
“The reason Christians still own the public square is because Jesus rose from the dead in it. I know that the militant secularists despise this truth, but truth it is, and they should have thought of those objections before they crucified Him there. And they somehow think they can do something about that foundational and drastic mistake of theirs (1 Cor. 2:6-8) by dragging real believers out there and doing the same thing to them. Go right ahead. This is how Christ conquered the West the first time, and this is how He will do it again. Supplementing the blood of Abel will do nothing to silence the cries.”
The Nature of Foundations
“You should build your household the same way you would build a house. Go into the basement and look at the concrete walls. They’re cold, hard and straight. They don’t fool around. They are Calvinistic and covenantal. There’s no affection, no warmth. It’s just concrete. But precisely because there’s no warmth down there, precisely because the lines are straight, precisely because the concrete is cold and hard, it becomes possible to have warmth elsewhere. So go upstairs and look at the living room. Pillows, curtains, soft carpet, pictures on the wall. It’s truly pleasant, a place where you can sit on rainy Saturday afternoons to read. But the only reason anything is pleasant here is because of the concrete in the basement. If you mess with that order, you’re going to get chaos. Roll up the carpet, gather up the cushions, throw on the sofa, and try to build a stud wall on that. All you’ll get is a big, wobbly pile.”
Keep Your Kids, pp. 60-61
Jesus is the Editor
“Jesus is the editor of all the dictionaries. Not only is He the one who gave us the Bible, He is also the one who gave us the gift of human language. We must stand with how He defines these key terms.”
Keep Your Kids, p. 58
Ten More Birthdays Is All
“Few spectacles are sadder than all those soi-disant responsible Christians, the ones who have been chiding and rebuking me for years over my strictly Pauline views of slavery. Neither have a they appreciated my understanding of what actually resulted from the War between the States. Their version of their concern is that I have been needlessly opening the Church up to unhelpful charges of racccciiiisssm But you know what will actually condemn every last Christian as a vile and incorrigible racist? Just ten more birthdays, that’s all. The game that is being run on you people is plain and obvious, and you still refuse to see it. May the good Lord hasten the day when He gives you back your eyes.”
Letters for the Times in Which We Live
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There Are Better Ways
“They see the soft evangelical ‘culturally engaged’ center lusting after the respect of the world, and willing to lick dirt to get it. As an aside, licking dirt is not a great strategy for gaining respect.”
Because We Are Not There Yet
“Just don’t make the mistake of putting your emotions in the driver’s seat. This is a complicated car, a very expensive car, and your emotions are two years old. They don’t know how to drive. Your emotions need to be in the back, strapped in a car seat, with instructions to behave.”
Keep Your Kids, p. 57
All the Way
“Here is the definition I would offer, taking this as a summary from all of Scripture: to love someone is to treat that person lawfully from the heart.”
Keep Your Kids, p. 55