“A man who has never sought forgiveness or accepted correction from his wife, kids, friends, etc. is not being a man of integrity when he refuses to back down in a public dispute. Such a refusal would just be the flag on top of his own personal mountain of arrogance” (Rules for Reformers, p. 191).
Abortion Fallacies
Baby Corpse Wholesalers
The great value of the devastating Planned Parenthood videos is to be found in their implications. Moreover, these are implications that do not have to be carefully drawn out so that no one loses the thread of an obscure argument. These implications are most obvious — PP is merchandising baby parts, they are accommodating eager …
Lamborghinis and Limbs
A second video of Planned Parenthood has now dropped, even more devastating. Click through to see it, and make sure you light up the Internet with #DefundPlannedParenthood and #PPSellsBabyParts.
The Ethics of Righteous Video Sting Operations
So let me tell you right at the beginning what I think of the ethics of video sting operations (like the #PPSellsBabyParts story from last week). After telling you what I think about it, I want to lay out a biblical case for it. The story caught Planned Parenthood by surprise, along with a bunch …
Review: Intended for Pleasure: Sex Technique and Sexual Fulfillment in Christian Marriage
Intended for Pleasure: Sex Technique and Sexual Fulfillment in Christian Marriage by Ed Wheat My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read this many years ago, and have been giving it away in my pre-marital counseling, also for many years. I recently decided I ought to read it again, and was pleased to see that …
Review: The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions by Arthur Bennett My rating: 3 of 5 stars Good. First read it in 2002. Listened to an audio version of it narrated by Max McLean in 2015. That was good too. McLean’s reading is good, although it sometimes borders on creepy. The Puritans …
501(c) That?
One of our responsibilities in these troubled times is to look at the cultural chess board while taking care to think three moves ahead. We need to look at our current conflicts in the light of the year of our Lord 2022. Those who do not anticipate the future are doomed to go through it, …
A Litmus Test
“A man who is wrong about children will find it difficult to be right about anything else” (Rules for Reformers, p. 187).
Spaghetti in the Colander
Brian Prentiss, pastor of Intown in Portland, tried to get his spaghetti, already well boiled and in the colander, to return to the status of stiff and straight in order to get back into the skinny box. But alas, it doth not go. You can read more about it here. First he pretends that the …