“The issue is not the sale of goods to sinners, but rather the celebration of sin with sinners . . . homosexual activists are demanding, not our co-participation in the same economy, but rather our approval. They will not stop until they have that approval, and we should rather die than give it” (Same Sex …
Prophetic or Political?
I would like to begin this discussion by looking at Tim Keller’s objection to the recent Statement on Social Justice. He said, in effect, that while he agreed with much of what the statement said, he had a problem with what the statement was doing. The statement offered up a lot of true things for …
Where Pert is Still a Compliment
“The sophisticati among us almost never engage, which is why some pert Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader is closer to the kingdom than is some gender-sensitive lit prof at Wheaton College” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 105).
Our Sentiments Exactly
The Kavanaugh Fiasco: Excellent Last Battle reference. I often wonder if we’re seeing our culture turn like Ginger the cat did. Pretending to be dumber than he was, and therefore made dumber than he was. Either way, I’m sure that’s Jules I hear clearing his throat, about to address the good people at the NICE. …
No Homiletic Hash-Slinging
Preach Wisely. “Because the preach was wise, he . . . Sought to find out acceptable words” (Ecc. 12:9-10). Not rude, loose, and indigested stuff, in a slovenly manner brought forth, lest the sluttery of the cook should turn the stomachs of the guests” (William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour, p. 65).
The War on Glory
“The feminist movement declared war on woman being the glory of the man, and the homosexual movement completed the task by insisting that no one be the glory of anyone else” (Same Sex Mirage, pp. 100-101).
An Intergalactic Freak Show
Introduction: It has been shrewdly observed that there are really only two political parties in Washington—the Evil Party and the Stupid Party. And every once in a while we are permitted to be the gobsmacked spectators of some fresh exercise in bipartisanship, which usually entails the leaders of both parties at a press conference, hand-in-hand, …
Book of the Month/October 2018
So my book of the month selection this go round is The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey, who was one of the more celebrated mystery writers of the twentieth century. The book was first recommended to me a few years ago by my friend Peter Hitchens, and I just recently got around to reading …
Psalm 94/Mischief by a Law
Introduction: As a thoughtful Christian meditates on this psalm, it is hard to escape the conclusion that a good name for it would be “A Psalm for the Secular West.” But this would be a mistake—while it is absolutely pertinent for our times, there have been many generations when the same things could be said, …
Wrong Direction
“We started by employing feminism to turn first-rate women into third-rate men, and recently we have found ourselves turning third-rate women into fifth-rate men” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 99).