“Cultural decadence is something that has happened routinely to civilizations for millennia, and it is a sign of our cultural narcissism that we are somehow surprised by it happening to us. The surprise is not sincere; it is not honestly come by. Somebody really ought to read a book.”
The Lone Bulwark . . . No, Really
Introduction: Comes now the time to make everybody mad! Why dab around the edges? But we need to set this up first. The Graph: This chart below gives us an overview snapshot of how different ...
You Can Be Free on the Inside
“By religious liberty they mean your freedom to think whatever you want about God and man, just so long as it stays completely behind your eyes and mouth, and between your ears.”
Letters With November in Mid-Stride
Letter to the Editor: I think I already know the answer to this question, but I’ve always been curious. I have always wondered how a theologian would hash out the question: is it ...
And Here We Are
“Cultures apart from Christ cannot avoid the abyss. Cultures apart from Christ cannot stand . . . Cultures apart from Christ must eventually call down the chaos. And here we are.”
Slavery and Evangelical Timidity
Introduction: As everyone should know by now, biblical slavery is my most favoritest subject in the whole wide world. I turn to it most every chance I get, and I even recently turned in the manuscript of an honest commentary on Philemon. This is an epistle that does receive a modest amount of attention from …
The Assigned Task
“He didn’t say copy the nations. He didn’t say run from the nations. He said disciple the nations.”
Christmas Spirit
Immodest Wenches
Introduction: My point in this post is not—lest someone mistake my point—to do anything so simple as decry immodest attire in women. And by the kind of immodesty I am not for the most part ...
Our Only Task
“The Christian response must be to insist that all of their idols have to be overthrown. That is what true Christian cultural engagement is. That is the only thing that Christian cultural engagement can ever possibly be.”