I have really appreciated my ongoing discussion with Preston on the question of nonviolence and the Christian. Preston is engaging, funny, quick, and a pleasure to interact with. He is right that I have been busy and that is why this is a belated response. I do need to play a little catch up. I …
7 Reasons Why a Trump Administration Might be a Good Thing
No, no. I haven’t gone soft in the #NeverTrump department. Read on. “Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law” (Ps. 119:70). 1. A Trump administration would manifestly be a judgment from God, and judgments from God are good. Not pleasant, but they are always good. God knows how to …
Guns and Covenants
Another good reason to own a gun — although you already have plenty of good reasons — is that it provides you with an opportunity to take crash course in practical theology. And of course I have in mind the critical differences between the old and new covenants. There are certain falsehoods about the relationship …
Submission as the S Word
I recently saw a post about wifely submission online, which you can read here, along with some reactions to it on Facebook, which can best be described as yet another round of the vapors. Now I grant that there were certain rhetorical aspects of the original post that were infelicitous, but the central one appeared …
Review: Holy Communion in the Piety of the Reformed Church
Holy Communion in the Piety of the Reformed Church by Hughes Oliphant Old My rating: 5 of 5 stars Beginning with John Calvin, Hughes Oliphant Old offers this exhaustive treatment of “holy communion in the piety of the Reformed church.” Massive, scholarly, and devotional, this book is the real business. Over 800 pages, if it …
Review: Leepike Ridge
Leepike Ridge by N.D. Wilson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Just read again after a number of years. Really fun. View all my reviews
Ring Up the Devil?
I continue to be grateful for Preston’s continued engagement. Not only does he continue to engage, he does so in a very competent manner. Make no mistake, Preston is good. I wish I could say he was right on the central point, but that would be going too far. I am feeling charitable today, but …
Hundreds of Dead Canaries
So then, I recently received an (indirect) question about my use of language that “demeans.” Why do I speak, for example, about “gay activists” as though they were the enemy, the adversary, the foe? And the answer is that in a very important sense, they are the enemy — as testified by their unremitting onslaught …
Who You Gonna Call?
My sincere thanks to Preston Sprinkle for continuing our gun conversation, and I would also like to thank him for the robust manner in which he is continuing it. His latest is here. Now it is true that at Q Denver I did say that the only way to stop a bad guy with a …
The Apostle Peter and Open Carry
I mentioned earlier that I needed to respond more fully to Preston Sprinkle’s comment at Q Denver that the commentaries were “against me” in my understanding of Luke 22:35-38. After he made that comment, the commentaries I looked at were all over the road, but my part of the road was certainly included. Allow me …