Theology That Bites Back
The main category for book reviews and cultural interaction.
Introduction: As the disintegration of our evangelical institutions continues apace, I would like to have you all sit down at a table here. Once you have done so, I will roll out a chart that diagrams the tragicomedy for you. Just watch and see if I don’t. The Context: Of course, the secularists are establishing …
“When we say all truth is God’s truth, we do not mean to say that this truth that we just thought we discovered ten minutes ago should be used to trump what we have known to be true for centuries. That is quite a different thing” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 88).
The Second Most Obvious Thing About Leggings: “This leggings parade is not (in most instances) a personal and lascivious ‘screw me’ invitation. It is an insolent and culture-wide ‘screw you’ that is aimed at the patriarchy and men in general.” Boom. I love how you can take arguments out of the same old surface back …
“When someone claims that they do contradict [Christ, Scripture, and natural revelation], this is generally a preface to an attempt at poor exegesis on the form of revelation they consider supreme. If they say that Jesus Himself is to be preferred (over against Scripture and natural revelation), this is likely because Jesus is about to …
Introduction: So I want to make a point I have made before, and I want to do it yet again, but this is perfectly all right because it is a point that cannot be made enough. And here it is again: Religious liberty is not a secular value. Religious liberty is a religious value, and …
Psalm 104: A Hymn of Creation and Providence
“In short, ‘God does not exist’ is not a false statement. It is nonsense, incoherent” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 86).
“It follows from this that no primary axiom can destroy itself. If it destroys itself, it is not a primary axiom” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 83).
“If we are the end product of so many years of time acting on matter as governed by chance, then we have no reason to believe any of our thoughts to be true. Our current thoughts, whatever they are, are the simple behavior exhibited by these chemicals under these conditions and at this temperature. And …
