A few weeks ago, I preached on the importance of the Definition of Chalcedon to a right celebration of Christmas. At the same time, Gregory Shane Morris reposted something he had written defending a Protestant use of the title “Mother of God” as applied to Mary. One of my parishioners posted a clip from my …
Viewing the No Quarter November Game Film
Introduction: So by all our reckoning, November was a success. What I thought I would do here is report back to you on a few of the relevant stats, in order to evaluate things by that metric, and then spend a few additional moments on the only metric that ultimately matters. The Crowd That Came: …
Book of the Month/December 2018
My choice for this month’s book is Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance. It is, in a number of ways, a powerful and moving book. I listened to it through Audible, and as it is read by the author himself, I got an additional sense of closed rhetorical distance—like he was riding around in my truck …
Logos 8: A Review
So then, I began using Logos Bible Software quite a few years ago—I think the version was Logos 4, so I have been at it for at least a decade. And my memory is murky on the point, meaning that it could be even earlier than that. Anyway you cut it, I am a long …
Your Suburban Church Needed a Drum Kit the Way J.S. Bach Needed a Kazoo
Introduction: On a number of different occasions, for various reasons, I have visited the sanctuaries of numerous churches. Whether there for weddings or conferences, I have often found myself in an empty meeting hall for a moment, and there, up in front, is one lonesome drum kit. And a sentiment that might reasonably spring to …
New Mablog Bookshop Title
Book of the Month/November 2018
I do not want to say a lot about this book here because I will no doubt be referencing it quite a bit in future posts. But I do want to select this book as my November book of the month selection. Run, don’t walk, and google up this title (while you still can), and …
Trump and the Executive Pen
Introduction: So yesterday the news blew up with a statement from the president that he was going to sign an executive order that would deny “birthright citizenship” to the children of illegal aliens. The practice of establishing “anchor babies” as pitons on the rock face of daisy chain immigration (How’s that for a metaphor? One …
November Cometh
I would briefly remind you that when next month arrives, I have planned a series of blog posts that will present you with the truth in rough cut timber — no planing, no sanding, no varnish. A further explanation can be found here. So the reminder is to stay tuned.
A Sort of CostCo for Controversy
I am afraid that this book is kind of a beast. It is a collection of all my blog posts that were filed under the heading of “Auburn Avenue Stuff.” In addition, at the end I included the emails that I sent as part of the summit at Ft. Lauderdale, the one that resulted in …