My choice for this month’s book is C.S. Lewis Anti-Darwinist by Jerry Bergman, and I commend it to you as an outstanding resource. I have read a lot in Lewis, and I have read a lot about Lewis, and this book really crystallized many issues for me. The editing of this book is choppy at …
The Moderation of Christ
“The leaven works through the loaf slowly. The mustard seed grows slowly. The living water from Ezekiel’s temple gets gradually deeper. But when doctrinaire Christians get power, one of their temptations is that they want to impose their whole system, down to the jots and tittles. We must refrain from doing this not because truth …
Tangled Marriages
Dear Grady and Janae, Thanks for driving over last weekend. It was very good to see you after so many years, and we certainly enjoyed all the catching up. We are grateful that all your kids are settled and doing well, and that the grandkid “gig,” as you put it, is as rewarding as it …
Parasites and Progress
“Anachronistic and self-serving claim-jumping is what [the Enlightenment] does best” (Empires of Dirt, p. 141).
A Feature, Not a Bug
“When I made my peace with infant baptism about twenty-five years ago, I knew I had to find a way to account for the presence of baptized infidelity and, kicking it up a notch, baptized wickedness. You sometimes get those things, and you have to have a theological framework for dealing with them beforehand, one …
So Sorry for Posting Late. Kinda Busy. Leave Me Alone.
Housekeeping: Greetings, Not addressing any particular post, rather a technical question—in my quest to get away from social media I’ve started using an RSS reader to keep up with sites that I follow. I distinctly recall seeing an RSS feed for this site in the past but cannot find it at this time; is the …
Inexorable Hope
“Your great-great-grandchildren will live in a world that will be that much closer to the time when the leaves for the healing of the nations will be in the actual possession of every nation” (Empires of Dirt, p. 138).
Not to Mention the Size of His Forehead
“David knew the size and power of Goliath as well as anyone” (Empires of Dirt, p. 138).
Unregenderate Nation
Introduction: Let us begin with a truth that was once considered both obvious and self-evident. Scripture teaches us that trees bear fruit in accordance with their nature. And according to the Lord, human nature comes in two forms—good and bad. There are other variables in our nature also, but for each individual, it is all …
And Behold, It Was Very Good
“When you don’t know where you are going, you can always make good time. When survival is the only prize at the end of the process, evolution could end with a world full of three-foot-long cockroaches, and we would be forced to call it good” (Empires of Dirt, p. 136).