A friend knows that I generally take a dim view of church organs, and thought that this might make me change my mind.
Wineskins Soaked in Wine Puddles
In his next chapter, Peter Hitchens writes about the threshhold that England crossed during his boyhood. The chapter is about the culture-wide failure of nerve, and is entitled “A Loss of Confidence.” Here he astutely points out that atheism is not so much an individual opinion, honestly derived from the force of inexorable arguments, but …
Too Clever By Half
The first chapter of Peter Hitchens’ book is entitled “The Generation Who Were Too Clever to Believe.” He begins with his own story, how he burned his Bible as a fifteen-year-old in full revolt against everything he had been brought up to believe (p. 17). “At that moment I knew — absolutely knew — that …
A Carnival of Adolescent Petulance
In my ongoing discussions of atheism, I have in this place reviewed Christopher Hitchen’s book, God is Not Great, and now, Lord willing, I will do the same thing with his brother’s new book. That book is entitled The Rage Against God, which will release in early May here in the States. For UK readers, …
The Sabbath as Food
The best book I have ever read on keeping the Lord’s Day was written by a friend, Stuart Bryan. The book is called The Taste of Sabbath. You can go over to Credenda, and read something posted there on the same subject. In his bio at the bottom of the article, you can click through …
And What God Turns Upside Down Stays Upside Down
These are strange economic times, and nothing is stranger than the fact that many appear to think it is normal. So, what are Christians to do? How we arrange our affairs? What do we invest in? There are two principal points to make here. The first concerns what we are not to invest in. Do …
Imagination Fail
Over at Credenda, my friend Pastor Toby has a great critical review of a recent book by Walter Brueggemann. This is a must read — the review, I mean. Not the book.
The Christian Hipster
Here is a capable diagnosis of a spreading rash in the contemporary church — the Christian hipster. HT: Justin Taylor.
Make Sure Its Liturgy, Not Liturgay
In a recent discussion with some men I made mention of the problem that I call “clogged filters.” Like a car going down the highway, the air available is the air the car is driving in, and so the air filter needs to be replaced from time to time. The environment we live in is …
Ow. Ouch. Ow. Ow.
What you might call a critique of missional tunnel vision. Check it out here . HT: Bayly Blog