Dear Grady and Janae, Thanks for driving over last weekend. It was very good to see you after so many years, and we certainly enjoyed all the catching up. We are grateful that all your kids are settled and doing well, and that the grandkid “gig,” as you put it, is as rewarding as it …
Parasites and Progress
“Anachronistic and self-serving claim-jumping is what [the Enlightenment] does best” (Empires of Dirt, p. 141).
A Feature, Not a Bug
“When I made my peace with infant baptism about twenty-five years ago, I knew I had to find a way to account for the presence of baptized infidelity and, kicking it up a notch, baptized wickedness. You sometimes get those things, and you have to have a theological framework for dealing with them beforehand, one …
Inexorable Hope
“Your great-great-grandchildren will live in a world that will be that much closer to the time when the leaves for the healing of the nations will be in the actual possession of every nation” (Empires of Dirt, p. 138).
Not to Mention the Size of His Forehead
“David knew the size and power of Goliath as well as anyone” (Empires of Dirt, p. 138).
Unregenderate Nation
Introduction: Let us begin with a truth that was once considered both obvious and self-evident. Scripture teaches us that trees bear fruit in accordance with their nature. And according to the Lord, human nature comes in two forms—good and bad. There are other variables in our nature also, but for each individual, it is all …
And Behold, It Was Very Good
“When you don’t know where you are going, you can always make good time. When survival is the only prize at the end of the process, evolution could end with a world full of three-foot-long cockroaches, and we would be forced to call it good” (Empires of Dirt, p. 136).
And That, Children, Is How It Is Done
The Last Things First
“One of the things we must come to grips with is the fact that eschatology precedes everything. The last things come first, just like Jesus said. So the first thing we need to get hold of is the idea that the whole discussion is a matter of interpretative ideas in conflict, not an interpretive idea …
We Either Gather or Scatter
“If the Church is not transforming the culture around her, then the culture around her is transforming the Church. There is no static equilibrium point” (Empires of Dirt, p. 133).