Theology That Bites Back
Due to pacing problems on my part, I was not able to get everything posted that I intended to get to this November. I have three more posts to submit on this run, and so here is how I propose we do it. Tomorrow’s will be the last post in ordinary November. This is to …
Introduction: If you canโt say something positive, then donโt say anything at all. Thatโs what I always say. I mean to say, the world is so full of criticism and carping . . . why canโt we just accentuate the positive? Focus on what is good. Try to emphasize the delightful. As Paul once put …
โI do believe in rules for polemical discourse. I believe that a biblical approach to it allows us to hit hard and above the belt. But God defines for us where the belt isโ (Same Sex Mirage, p. 205).
โNever forget that being Jesus-like with the woman caught in adultery and being Jesus-like with the men who all had rocks in their hands is experienced by those two kinds of people in very different ways. โAnd beginning with the eldest, they departed one by one. And Shamuel said to Jonathan the elder as they …
All, For the second week in a row, in order to make some timeand space for a #NoQuarterNovember post later today, I am serving up atruncated letters section today. This section should be back to normal next week.Thanks for your understanding. Modern Art: I notice three kinds of contemporary artists. They’re not all copying my …
โEvangelical florists, photographers, and bakers are the sweetest people in the world. They are so sweet that diabetics canโt be friends with themโ (Same Sex Mirage, p. 195).
โPeople like Jesus get crucified. Jesus didnโt teach and preach in such a way as to โget a hearing,โ unless you count that hearing in the middle of the night before the Sanhedrinโ (Same Sex Mirage, p. 194).
Introduction: A number of decades ago, around the time of some of my first forays into public discussions (e.g. letters to the editor), I noticed that there were two topics that would cause other members of the general public to come unstuck in their responses. Those two topics were homosexuality and modern art. It was …
โSo my militancyโwhich is, admittedly, sometimes apparent to thoughtful observersโis not an across-the-board militancy. I am not militant at dinner. I am not militant when joking around with the grandkids. I am not militant when mowing the lawn. I am not militant with actual victims. I am only militant when tyrants and buffoons assay to …
Introduction: The prodigal son didnโt run out of money his first week away from home. He was able to afford the best beer, the best women, the best time for all concerned, and to do so for a goodly amount of time. The wisdom of his plan was not falsified by events at the front …
