โThe best response to microaggressions should be a good dose of microcaringโ (Same Sex Mirage, p. 207).
November 33rd
Due to pacing problems on my part, I was not able to get everything posted that I intended to get to this November. I have three more posts to submit on this run, and so here is how I propose we do it. Tomorrow’s will be the last post in ordinary November. This is to …
Logos 8: A Review
So then, I began using Logos Bible Software quite a few years agoโI think the version was Logos 4, so I have been at it for at least a decade. And my memory is murky on the point, meaning that it could be even earlier than that. Anyway you cut it, I am a long …
In Praise of America๏ปฟ
Introduction: If you canโt say something positive, then donโt say anything at all. Thatโs what I always say. I mean to say, the world is so full of criticism and carping . . . why canโt we just accentuate the positive? Focus on what is good. Try to emphasize the delightful. As Paul once put …
Civilized Fighting
โI do believe in rules for polemical discourse. I believe that a biblical approach to it allows us to hit hard and above the belt. But God defines for us where the belt isโ (Same Sex Mirage, p. 205).
I Am Not Even Sure He Cared . . .
โNever forget that being Jesus-like with the woman caught in adultery and being Jesus-like with the men who all had rocks in their hands is experienced by those two kinds of people in very different ways. โAnd beginning with the eldest, they departed one by one. And Shamuel said to Jonathan the elder as they …
Your Suburban Church Needed a Drum Kit the Way J.S. Bach Needed a Kazoo๏ปฟ
Introduction: On a number of different occasions, for various reasons, I have visited the sanctuaries of numerous churches. Whether there for weddings or conferences, I have often found myself in an empty meeting hall for a moment, and there, up in front, is one lonesome drum kit. And a sentiment that might reasonably spring to …
A Measly Handful of Letters
All, For the second week in a row, in order to make some timeand space for a #NoQuarterNovember post later today, I am serving up atruncated letters section today. This section should be back to normal next week.Thanks for your understanding. Modern Art: I notice three kinds of contemporary artists. They’re not all copying my …
So That’s Not the Problem
โEvangelical florists, photographers, and bakers are the sweetest people in the world. They are so sweet that diabetics canโt be friends with themโ (Same Sex Mirage, p. 195).
Jesus Was No Dialog Partner
โPeople like Jesus get crucified. Jesus didnโt teach and preach in such a way as to โget a hearing,โ unless you count that hearing in the middle of the night before the Sanhedrinโ (Same Sex Mirage, p. 194).