Now here is a fun thing for you to do. Not only would it be fun, but it is a combination of kingdom work, Christmas shopping, being nice to Canon, and brings a host of other correlative bennies in its train. As it happens, Target has picked up a Canon title to carry, which is …
Passwords and the Guild
A Protestant Axiom
“Some staunch Protestants may be distressed by the fact that, at the beginning of Mere Christianity, Lewis grants the Roman Catholics ‘a room’ in the great house of our faith, wondering why the Catholics get a room. But we shouldn’t forget that this conception of the house is a Protestant conception” (From The Romantic Rationalist, …
Semi-Pelagian Resurrections Are Rare
“Is salvation a cooperative affair, or does God simply intervene to bless us by taking the initiative? Was Lazarus raised from the dead in a semi-Pelagian fashion, with Lazarus pushing and Jesus pulling, or not?” (From The Romantic Rationalist, p. 68).
But Only If This Kind of Thing Reassures You
“Am I Reformed? Am I a Calvinist? This is a point upon which I understand there has been some discussion. Well, in brief, I wish there were seven points so I could hold to the Calvinistic extras. You may count me a devotee of crawl-over-broken-glass Calvinism, jet-fuel Calvinism, black-coffee Calvinism. Or, as my friend Peter …
Do You Believe in Magic?
Okay, so it is a bit disturbing when the head transubstantiationist says that we need not believe in magic. Now I grant that his subject was not the Lord’s Supper, but rather creation and evolution, but still. His subject was God’s relationship to the world, which is relevant in all things. We must keep in …
In Each Season
“Preschool children are shaped, elementary school children are taught, teenage children are directed, and grown children are advised” (From To You and Your Children, p. 205),
Repent, Repeal, Restore
Lust seeks to obtain from a finite thing what only the infinite can provide. This is why, as the inevitable law of diminishing returns sets in, it becomes necessary to wring the rag of despair — which used to be kind of wet — ever tighter, seeking to get just one more drop of that …
Something to Use, Something to Risk
I have written critically in the past about James Davison Hunter’s approach to not really changing the world. In the last analysis, his tag phrase “faithful presence” ought to be a means to victory, not a goal in itself. If we make it a goal, it is as though the coach settles for getting his …
The Two Guys in the Car
Nancy and I got to see Saving Christmas last night, and I wanted to say just a few things about it right away. I plan on writing more about it in detail after the movie releases in a few weeks, but here are just a few anticipatory thoughts. First, I recommend you make a point …