"I went to the river to jump inMy baby showed up and said, 'I will tell you when'" I'm Tore Down, Eric Clapton Now that's a lack of sympathy, right there. ...
Empathy Blues
Rightly Ordered Affections
Dear Gavin, In my last letter, I pointed to the fact that our variegated loyalties can be hard to define, and difficult to keep straight. As Christians we have a standing obligation to keep them ...
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Under the Blessing
“The YHWH who dispenses Deuteronomic blessings on His people is thereby identifying who his people actually are. Let the true Jews, the Jews who are Jews inwardly, by the regeneration of the Holy Spirit (Rom. 2:29), be the ones who walk under the grace of all His covenant blessings.”
American Milk & Honey, p. 158
Low Door
“I pray I might find the doorway of grace,
Finding at last the low door to high heaven.”
21 Prayers, p. 59
March for Letters & Letters for March
Letter to the Editor: Re: Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean In addition to imagining that Oliver Cromwell re-admitted the Jews to England (Cromwell’s plan was obstructed under the ...
Rattle Us All
“Rattle us all, Lord, and shake us all down
So that what is unshakeable may still remain.
Shake us so that what is permanent might be
Made manifest to all who stand and observe it.”
21 Prayers, p. 58
One of Those Serpents
“The Lord promise that we could handle serpents and not be bitten (Mark 16:18), and mammon is certainly one of those serpents.”
American Milk & Honey, p. 153
So Jeffrey Epstein Was a Jew . . .
Introduction: So we are having ourselves a series of overlapping contretemps when it comes to the release of the Epstein files. As things now stand, the portion of those files that have been ...
The Modern Nation State
Dear Gavin, As we discussed on the phone, I think we have covered most of the waterfront. At the same time, as a matter of summarizing and wrapping up, I think I have two more letters in me. There may be some repetition here, but I want to come at a few things from a …
Book of the Month/March 2025
Now I really need to grant at the outset that this month’s selection is a wee bit off the beaten path. It is not the sort of book I would normally read, but at the same time, it is just the kind of book that I know I have to read just as soon as …