Letter to the Editor: What is the difference between tattle-tailing and tale-bearing? Any practical pointers on how to teach kids the difference?Thanks. Josh Josh, in ...
Year End Letters, As Sometimes Happens
On Not Flexing in the Pulpit
“The ministry is not to be used as a means of impressing the girls.”
Mines of Difficulty, p. 18
More Gay Than the Pope’s Pajama Bottoms
Introduction: If you don't zoom out too far, Ben Shapiro had some really good things to say at the Heritage Foundation recently. Here you go, check it out at this link. [Huh. I linked to it ...
The Big Three
“When ministries go astray, it is very common for the problem to be located in one of three areas: glory, gold, and girls. And because sins are like grapes—they come in bunches—it is not unusual to find some ministries that shipwreck because of all three.”
Mines of Difficulty, p. 17
It’s a Fairly Large Box Though
Echoing Their Joyous Strains
What Child is this, now laid to rest,Within a rustic stall?We hail the Sun of righteousness,A gift of God, forever blest,To gain his everlasting Hall. This little town of Bethlehem,Obscured in ...
The Night Before Whatsit
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 2025. Have a merry Christmas. Comments are open, but only for those of you who want to say merry Christmas back. ‘Twas the night before …
Letters On the Verge of Christmas
Letter to the Editor: Wow! What masterful piece! Has Nancy ever seen a tongue of fire above your head as she brings you a cup of tea in your study as you're writing? Jack ...
Not As Ignorant As We Pretend
“Given how the Almighty is going to judge us at the last day, we need to come to grips with the fact that we all know more than we think we do.”
Mines of Difficulty, p. 13
Israel, Me, Team Candace, and the Turning Point Aftermath
Introduction: I just got back late Saturday night from AmeriFest 2025, Turning Point's national conference. It was quite a wild ride down there, and I have never seen anything quite like it. To get ...