Theology That Bites Back
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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, …
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 …
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, …
“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).
“Homosexual sex is not just a sinful abomination, although it does remain that. But in addition to be sinful, it is also lame. God’s design for faithful marriage is glory, and to pair up a couple of guys is inglorious, and couple of girls is just plain sad” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 98).
“But the claim of the court is that we all—every man jack of us—need to submit to their arbitrary redefinitions of words, as it suits them, whether they are exegeting the law, squaring the circle, or rounding the bend” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 91).
Of course everyone recognizes that the battle over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh is a battle—all understand that there is a fight going on. And more than a few understand that the battle is over Roe. But this understanding is greater on the side of the secularists, their understanding is much more pronounced. Many Christians—bless …
“Having read the majority opinion for the Supreme’s Obergefell decision, I am now in a position to describe what Justice Kennedy’s dog gets for breakfast” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 89).
Aimee’s Book: Discuss Among Yourselves: Concerning your ongoing review of Aimee Byrd’s book, I find myself wondering whether she’s going to address the question of what the spouses, fathers, brothers, etc., will think of all this dining out alone with other peoples’ wives, or your secretary, etc. Do they just get told to stop judging …
