Well, Of Course
No Brakes
“The totalitarian left has no brakes on their agenda.They have no internal principle that allows them to say ‘thus far and no farther.’ And since they can’t consistently say that, they won’t say that” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 225).
A Nest of Nestorians?
A few weeks ago, I preached on the importance of the Definition of Chalcedon to a right celebration of Christmas. At the same time, Gregory Shane Morris reposted something he had written defending a Protestant use of the title “Mother of God” as applied to Mary. One of my parishioners posted a clip from my …
When Writing Letters, Don’t Lose Your Head
Justice & Injustice: I recently read A Justice Primer in conjunction with a couple weeks of leading a study of biblical justice in a Bible study. One question that came up was from my wife, who is a victim of childhood sexual abuse. By their very nature, crimes of abuse are carried out in secret. …
Hellish Forgetfulness
“I don’t think anyone should stand anywhere near the Memory Hole—it is the entry way to the Bottomless Pit . . . Like Nebuchadnezzar’s men, it is pretty easy to fall in when you are throwing things” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 224).
The Sin of Flattening Sins
Introduction: One of the things revealed by our ongoing debate over the business of “same sex attraction” (SSA) is the fact that we are focusing almost entirely on the wrong issues. We are examining and measuring tremors on the surface when we should be tracking the massive shifts that are taking place with the tectonic …
Talk About Marginalized Groups
“I write this on the very day the Extreme Court just jumped into a variation on this foolishness, mandating four-sided triangles in all fifty states, bringing much relief to the beleaguered trans-Euclidian community” (Same Sex Mirage, pp. 222-223).
Viewing the No Quarter November Game Film
Introduction: So by all our reckoning, November was a success. What I thought I would do here is report back to you on a few of the relevant stats, in order to evaluate things by that metric, and then spend a few additional moments on the only metric that ultimately matters. The Crowd That Came: …
But Who Among Us Has This Not Happened To?
A Whole New World
“For example, in the space of a few short weeks, Bruce Jenner identified as a woman, Rachel Dolezal identified as black, and I identified as svelte. Consider the possibilities before us!” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 221).