Someday I hope to write a full account of the last two years’ worth of controversy. Such an account would have to cover the waterfront — young fatheads, illegal gambling, slavery, Intoleristas, the bearded lady incident, postmodern encroachments into the conservative Reformed world, Auburn Avenue theology, N.T. Wright, and the Shroud Indignation Support Group. One …
Laughingstock
The Shroud of Turin is an amazing artifact. And it has also been amazing to me to watch as my son figured out a plausible way to account for how it may have been made. But an amazement beyond all these has been brought on by watching those with an inability (or in some cases, …
The National Guard Option
In the grimy world of politics a million consciences have been bought and sold without anyone noticing. But in the providence of God, there are occasional moments when a crisis of conscience comes for someone, and it all happens under the spotlight. At that moment the entire nation goes silent to watch what the decision …
Liturgy and Postmodernism
Andrew Sandlin has recently written about the liturgical resurgence in Reformed circles, and you can read his take here. I think he makes several solid points, and of course as a high church Puritan, I think he misses much of what is going on. But my point is not so much the liturgical debate, but …
How the Cow Ate the Cabbage
Evangelical postmodernists luxuriate in the sensation that they are on the bleeding, cutting edge. They feel that they have the “out-there-ness” to really make a radical statement to our times. In reality, their story is about as interesting as the one about how the cow ate the cabbage. By now, I have read a goodish …
One More Idea Grinder
Trying to bring a little moisture into our dogmas concerning Scripture, Carl Raschke’s words drip like cold water from the roof of a damp cave. Taking Charles Hodge to task for his stalwart defense of the doctrine of Scripture, Raschke says this: “Hodge essentially made the unprecedented claim that the saga of the parting of …
More Shroud Stuff
Since the Shroud of Turin web site went up last week, the response has been really remarkable, with lots of interest and respect from all around the world. But some of our local critics have been beside themselves, and have behaved like a nine-year-old boy throwing rocks at a train . . . ten minutes …
Faithful in a Little
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 35 Jesus teaches us that if we are faithful in little, we will be able to be faithful over much (Luke 19:17). Someone who was a slouch as a teen-ager with his paper route is likely to be a slouch …
More on the Shroud
The Shroud stuff continues to chug along on merrily. Response from all over has certainly been noteworthy. The web site now has a new FAQ feature, where folks can satisfy their curiosity about medieval glass manufacturing capacity and such like. Look at the bottom of the “About” column.
Sun Dogs
Driving north through brittle air, bright sun behind us. Snow on the ground, as cold as it gets here. Crystal motes float everywhere, an infinite number suspended, cold children of Abraham. Behind my wife and me, and rising straight up, ascending to glory, a straight rainbow, a rainbow unbowed-a rainbow unbent, and three times too …