The Last Things First
“One of the things we must come to grips with is the fact that eschatology precedes everything. The last things come first, just like Jesus said. So the first thing we need to get hold of is the idea that the whole discussion is a matter of interpretative ideas in conflict, not an interpretive idea …
We Either Gather or Scatter
“If the Church is not transforming the culture around her, then the culture around her is transforming the Church. There is no static equilibrium point” (Empires of Dirt, p. 133).
Theonomy Is a Many-Splendored Thing
I may say this without fear of contradiction because a poet, one of our own, has taught us that love is a many-splendored thing, and no less than the apostle Paul himself has taught us that love is the fulfillment of the law. “Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one …
And Without Occupational Training
“After that unfortunate Cana incident, [Prohibition] was a law that would have gotten Jesus hauled before the authorities three years before He actually was. Not only did He manufacture about a hundred and sixty gallons of the stuff, He did so without a license” (Empires of Dirt, p. 132).
Letters and Letters Galore and More
Theocracy n’Stuff: Well put, Pastor Doug, especially your conclusion: “God is being kind to us, and He is doing it in such a way as to preclude boasting on our part.” The word picture you created in your prior post along these same lines about no conservative Christian wanting to be photographed with Pres Trump …
One and Many
“The hierarchies are ranked differently—they are not all the same. The Lord wants about half of his children to be husbands and the other half to be wives. He wants some to love classical music and others to love music from the Delta. He wants them all to hate abortion and child porn. He wants …
Already Baked In
Introduction: The Wall Street Journal has established that it was likely that Donald Trump had a fling with a porn star a few years back, and that she was paid a tidy sum to keep her mouth shut about it. But as far as I can tell, the story has caused barely a ripple. Even …
And No One Knows How They Got There
But It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
“We need to make sure we are doing what Jesus said and not what we thought Jesus must have said. The textbook case against Christian activism can be made in one word—Prohibition—the word that would have made the Lord Jesus at Cana into a moonshiner felon. We did a great job there of setting aside …