Introduction: https://twitter.com/douglaswils/status/1974579181527986609 Last week a random thought occurred to me, and so naturally I thought I should share it with the world, or at least the ...
The Failure of Big God Theology
Brent and Christiana
We are assembled here in the name of Jesus Christ, and this means that we are assembled here in the presence of God. This is a Christian wedding, certainly, but not simply because it is being held in a Christian church, or because a Christian minister is officiating. Nor is it a Christian wedding just …
Book of the Month/October 2025
The Gibson brothers—David and Jonathan—are a real gift to the church, and one of them has done it again. They have worked together on weighty theological topics through books like From Heaven He Came and Sought Her or Ruined Sinners to Reclaim. Jonathan Gibson has done valuable work with Be Thou My Vision, an excellent …
It Ought to Require a Great Deal
“In times like ours, it is a standing disgrace that courage is not required to preach sermons.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 98
He’s Going To . . .
The Church Led by Men is Feminine
“This means that, to be truly feminine, the Church must be obedient. And what is the Church told to do? The church is commanded to have masculine leadership . . . and that means that the Church is never more feminine than when the worship is led by men, the liturgy is conducted by men, and the one who opens the text of the sermon to read it aloud is a man.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, pp. 94-95
Revivals and Seismographs
Introduction: One word that keeps coming up again and again in reference to the impact of Charlie Kirk's death is the word revival. I don't want to disagree with this, for reasons that will become ...
False Comfort
“When the church is in free fall, it doesn’t make sense to look wistfully back at the first yard or so when you were still just underneath the plane.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 93
Letters Serving as a September Closer
Let me begin this letters installment with an expression of regret. Because I was out of the country last week and consequently did not post any letters, and because, upon my return, I have been ...
A Better Job Meeting the Wrong Standard
“For decades, we have been placing effeminate girly men in the pulpit, and this is one of the things that has given the progressive argument so much force. How can you demand femininity in the pulpit, and then argue with the fact that women would do a better job at that than our evangelical beta males do? And they would, too.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 93