Getting Some Distance: Let us try to tear ourselves away from the gaudy spectacle that is American politics right now, and work through the theological logic of voting. I know that it is hard to tear ourselves away from the gaudy spectacle, which resembles nothing so much as a circus wagon full of mutant monkeys …
It Is Gold Paint, Actually, Not Actual Gold
Having gotten through what we all believe to have been one of the wildest political seasons ever, such that we are all checking our watches and starting to gather our stuff so that we might go, it suddenly dawns on us that the circus orchestra has only just finished the overture. There is a lot …
Bricks Made Out of Fog
Introduction: I would like to try to make a very simple point, but one which could be misconstrued in a thousand different ways. I would ask my friends not to do so, my enemies not to do so too violently, and for the vast horde wavering between friendship and hostility to read the whole thing …
Who Swears To His Own Hurt
So I wrote that I was grateful for the fact that Cruz did not endorse Donald Trump. I still am grateful. But I also have noticed, online and in personal conversations, that a number of people (who are not Trump fans) are arguing that Cruz should be rejected for good over this because he was …
A Tough Spot
Where All and No Meet
“The cross was unjust because Jesus was on it, but it [was] entirely just because I am there too. Oh, the wisdom of God! When you come to the cross, what are you coming to? You are coming to the place of no condemnation — precisely because it is all condemnation” (Rules, p. 270).
Which Is Not Repentance
“More than one person has gone off to Hell dabbing at their sins, and sometimes picking at them” (Rules, p. 270).
Thankful
So Ted Cruz refrained from endorsing Donald Trump last night, and so my respect for him remains high. I appreciate it deeply. If he had endorsed Trump, then my support for Cruz would have gone the way of the woolly mammoth. The pressure on Cruz to cave must have been enormous, as can be ascertained …
Real Hope Then
“Nothing is dying but what has needed to die for a long time” (Rules, p. 267).
Your Best Casket Now
“We need our preachers to stop telling the skeletons to develop a positive mental attitude” (Rules, p. 266).