“His agent was working on a project for him, but said that he couldn’t do much until he had a hook or something. ‘You losing your faith? Recovering it? In between? I gotta know who to call, Chad'” (Evangellyfish, p. 216).
In Fact, It Usually Works Worse
“Telepathy in marriage doesn’t work any better than it does anywhere else” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 111).
Honoring His Stuff
A friend pointed me to an important truth about property and giving that is found in Deuteronomy 26. “And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God: And thou …
Cousins
These are my remarks for the NSA Convocation 2013 Just over a decade ago, I spoke at convocation, much as I am doing now, and gave a mock convocation address for the year 2022, now just nine years away from us. In that address, among many other cogent observations, I said this: “We continue to …
The Sailboat and the Lighthouse
“Brian had always been thoughtful and deliberate about spiritual things, and he had been assembling the pieces for a number of years. He had been very diligent in his own way, but he was like a guy putting together a jigsaw puzzle of a lighthouse, but one where things got mixed up in the closet, …
But a Lot More Rewarding
“Why is it that learning to live with your spouse can be awkward? . . . making a bottle of fine wine is a very different thing that mixing up a jug of fruit juice” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 110).
Kicking Evolutionary Euro-Butt
Coyne’s last two chapters might best be treated together. This is because the closer we get to the end, the faster the evolution of this review wants to accelerate. In these chapters, Coyne addresses the evolution of man. Chapter 8, “What About Us?” tackles the evolution of man, and his last chapter, “Evolution Redux,” also …
A Quite Noticeable Effect
“The talk had been on confession of sin, and the effect of it had been the equivalent of dropping a hand grenade in your average living room goldfish bowl” (Evangellyfish, p. 209).
With Revolver Smoking
“The Greek word for ‘mortify’ here [Col. 3:5] is an aorist imperative — in other words, it’s telling you to put it [your earthly members] to death and walk away from the carcass with your revolver smoking” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 107).
If Creationists Were Beetles . . .
So then, Jerry Coyne now comes to explain, in the famous phrase, the origin of species. How is it that wherever we look we see distinct species, and not a long blur of intermediate types and missing links between each of the species? In addressing this question, he sets out laboriously to prove something that …