Not Civil Rights at All

Introduction: Jesse Jackson died yesterday, at the age of 84. He was hailed at his passing for being a civil rights icon, but this brings up a delicate issue. Jackson has now gone to meet his Maker, but the definition of “rights” that he fought so hard to establish——and in many ways successfully—was a truly …

The Cup Was Not the Important Part

“But Paul says to put away all strife and envy, and he includes them in that toxic mix. To give up sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll but keep the envy is surely a bad deal. That is like surrendering the golden Babylon orgy goblet in order to drink the poison out of a modest little Dixie cup you found in the church kitchen.”

All the Condemnation, p. 52

Nothing Stranger Than Gospel

“It was the strangest trial I ever heard of. A guilty man was dragged into court, as furtive and as guilty and as ashamed as a man could possibly be, and it all ended with the prosecutor being dragged out of the courtroom and summarily hanged. And after that the judge came back from the dead.”

All the Condemnation, p. 49