Full Disclosure: I was born in 1953, and therefore have to confess that I am a boomer, right there in the middle of the pack. There were boomers ahead of me, and boomers behind me, and absolutely ...
Boomer Woes
Not to Mention the Candied Peels
“And if f-bombs were raisins, The Gospel Coalition loves to laud and celebrate movies that would be the equivalent of a five-pound fruitcake.”
Letters That Float Like Leaves Down the River
Letter to the Editor: What is the biblical understanding of forgiveness? What does it mean to forgive someone? I need clarity in this regard because I’m finding it difficult to forgive ...
Debates Where Nobody Wins
“In this kind of debate, unless everybody watches his step closely, things can get pretty stupid—like a couple of dogs, neither of them very smart, debating quantum physics. ‘No! Arf, arf!’”
That PCA Report on Christian Nationalism
Introduction: So last Thursday the first part of the PCA's study report on Christian nationalism dropped. For those who would check it out, here you go. The following is what I tweeted at the time, ...
Less Honorable Parts
“It is a body life thing. That ankles do not need to perform the functions of the kidneys, but should be grateful that the kidneys apparently like doing it. And as the events of the last several years have demonstrated, what the kidneys remove from the body is kind of necessary. Evangelicalism is in the bad state it is in because the fastidious among us have insisted that kidneys learn how to do something more high-minded and edifying than produce urine.”
Follow My Reasoning . . .
Like You Were a Beetle to be Stepped On
“They don’t mind that kind of language so long as it is being transgressive and is undermining Western civilization. But speak that way in defense of what is pure, noble, lovely, or virtuous, and they stare at you through their lorgnette.”
Which Is a Problem
“The besetting sin of pietism has always been that of wanting to be holier than the Bible.”
Struggling With God
Dear Ehud, Let's start with the naming of Israel as Israel, because I think it has a great deal to do with what you are going through right now. I will personalize it for you at the end. The ...