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Category: Books and Culture

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All the Way to the Right Tremolo Levels

Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2020Tuesday, March 17, 2020 by Douglas Wilson

“‘So you are saying that this was not you?’ The incredulity in Rollins’ voice had already gotten to tremolo levels.”

Flags Out Front, p. 55

CategoriesEngaging the Culture TagsChrestomathySelected Quotes

Tuesday Already

Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2020Tuesday, March 17, 2020 by Douglas Wilson - 40 comments

Not a good example of social distancing . . . Letter to the Editor: Thanks for all of your work on these posts. I notice the Lord's hand on this virus. He has done this in a way that ...

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CategoriesEngaging the Culture TagsLetters to the EditorOpen ThreadTroll Tuesday

Maybe Two Drag Shows

Posted on Monday, March 16, 2020Monday, March 16, 2020 by Douglas Wilson

“Dr. Rollins carried more envy around inside his rib cage than you could find at a drag show in San Francisco. And on this occasion, as Jake walked into Tom’s office, you didn’t need to be spiritually sensitive to notice it. You could set your iPhone out on the desk, and it would charge all by itself.”

Flags Out Front, p. 54

CategoriesEngaging the Culture TagsChrestomathySelected Quotes

Contagion, Cooties, and COVID-19

Posted on Monday, March 16, 2020Monday, March 16, 2020 by Douglas Wilson

Introduction: One of the things that few people seem to grasp is that we are trying to deal simultaneously with two very different but equally contagious phenomenon. The first is the coronavirus itself, ...

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The Importance of Prepositions

Posted on Friday, March 13, 2020Friday, March 13, 2020 by Douglas Wilson

“They were both stellar students in a stellar theological program (if you don’t count all the unbelief and apostasy), but there were striking differences between the two men. A first-rate education had done into Dr. Tom’s head, while it had apparently gone straight to Dr. Jake’s.”

Flags Out Front, p. 53

CategoriesEngaging the Culture TagsChrestomathySelected Quotes

She’s Got a Point There

Posted on Friday, March 13, 2020Thursday, March 12, 2020 by Douglas Wilson

CategoriesEngaging the Culture TagsYour Friday Funny

Make That a Stick of Warm Butter

Posted on Thursday, March 12, 2020Thursday, March 12, 2020 by Douglas Wilson

“In short, they were not prepared at all for battle. The wedge of young radicals went through the middle of the crowd like a meat cleaver going sideways through a stick of butter”

Flags Out Front, p. 47

CategoriesEngaging the Culture TagsChrestomathySelected Quotes

Quick Ignorance

Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2020Wednesday, March 11, 2020 by Douglas Wilson

“But let us just remember what Mark Twain said about how a lie can get halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on his shoes. The Internet has not changed this or made us smarter. It just moves our ignorance around the world at very high rates of speed.”

Flags Out Front, p. 43

CategoriesEngaging the Culture TagsChrestomathySelected Quotes

At Least No Presidential Candidate Has Called It COVID-18 Yet

Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2020Wednesday, March 11, 2020 by Douglas Wilson

Introduction: As Christians are sorting out what sorts of responses to the COVID-19 virus we should have, we are doing so in a cacophonous time, and it can be hard to figure out what to think, or how ...

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CategoriesEngaging the Culture TagsPoliticsPublic Health

The Lie of Servant Leadership

Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2020Wednesday, March 11, 2020 by Douglas Wilson

Introduction: So a little something happened a few days ago, and I thought that it was of such a nature that it required a little extra comment, and so here I am, as helpful as ever. The good folks ...

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