“To take the elements of bread and wine, and separate them from the sacramental action, the sacramental participles, is a mistake of the first order. It is to remove the animated thing from the animating principle, thereby killing it, and then worshiping it as though it were alive by itself” (Papa Don’t Pope, p. 175).
And Another Thing. Trump Sure Knows How to Generate Letters.
Trump and Voting: The problem with voting for any presidential candidate that has a chance of winning is encapsulated in the phrase “voting for the lesser evil.” Since when should a follower of Christ be supporting anyone who is evil? The kingdoms of this world belong to Satan and by their nature states are basically …
In the Participles
“But Jesus did not tell us to watch and adore. He told us to take and eat, take and drink. And in our obedience, Christ is with us. Christ inhabits the obedience, and the bread and wine are not obedient. Christ is in the participles, in the eating, and in the drinking” (Papa Don’t Pope, …
Trump as Chemo Man
Introduction: Now that the Mueller report has been turned in, and it does not appear that any new heads will roll, and we are witnessing a reprise of Election Night Horror with leftists sobbing, I thought that this would be a good time to present my thoughts on Trump that have been gestating for some …
Not Monolithic
“When you actually start reading in the early church fathers, one of the first things you discover is that they are all over the map, just like us” (Papa Don’t Pope, p. 170).
Which Might Explain Some Things
No Need to Hang our Head
“I am not advocating simple causation and simple-minded causation for that matter, as though I was trying to put the eight ball into the corner pocket. But cultural influences include the general faith of the people, and the fact remains that during their centuries, Protestants built a world-class civilization, too significant to be patronized” (Papa …
Or Chao Chen!
“The communion of saints means that the body of Christ is a glorious and unified mystery. It means I am one with all the saints in heaven, just as I am one with all the saints alive today in China. But if I were crossing a street, saw a truck with no brakes hurtling toward …
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Introduction: As a bemused public watches the clown car revue that is the developing race for the Democratic nomination for president, a few constitutional oddities have attracted our notice. It is bad when the wheels are coming off of the clown cars. To change the metaphor, as the paddle of our 24/7 news cycle stirs …
What We Don’t Get to Assume
“It would not rock my Protestant world at all if I died and went to heaven, only to discover that at some point in my worldly sojourn, Mary had stumbled across some aspect of my story and prayed for me. ‘Oh, my. Look at that poor sap there.’ But for me to ask her to …