Never tiring of fulfilling the need we have for yet another angle on evangelism, somebody came up with this — a guilt trip with baby Jesus as the driver. We need to try an evangelistic rally in a stadium with one of these on the JumboTron. Watch it for a few minutes to get the …
East and West
The late Richard Weaver hated the title of his book, Ideas Have Consequences. That is unfortunate because the title is outstanding, and carries a wealth of theology in three simple words. Ideas have very pointed consequences, and very particular destinations. One of the best illustrations of this is the profound differences that have developed between …
Deacons and the Woman (1 Tim. 3:8-13)
INTRODUCTION: The apostle Paul then turns to the office of deacon, which is, in many ways, a mysterious office. We are given the qualifications for the office here, but an explicit job description is never given to us. We have some idea from the fact that the synagogue had a deacon, called a chazan, and …
Worship Right, Work Hard, Study Deep, and Play Harder
One of the measurments for God’s blessings we can use around here is how many times I am compelled to resort to making a Shameless Appeal. When I first added that category to this blog, it was occasionally used, but now it seems to me that I am always telling or reminding you about something …
And Stay There
As a result of the atheism jag I am currently on, I received a very courteous letter from an unbelieving woman in the Chicago area. Her letter concluded this way. “Rev. Wilson, religion should be private. It belongs in churches, mosques, temples, etc. and in parochial schools. Most importantly, it belongs in people’s hearts.” The …
Islamist-Chic
“This has produced the extraordinary phenomenon of radical Islam—which denies female equality and preaches death to gays—marching under the banner of human rights. The self-styled progressives on the British left, for whom human rights have replaced Christianity as the religion for a godless society, have formed a jaw-dropping axis with militant, fundamentalist Islamism. These two …
Gotta Monger Something
“The executive director of the National Religious Broadcasters Association sums up what he calls an unwritten law of all television preachers: ‘You can get your share of the audience only by offering people something they want’” (Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death, p. 105).
Sides and Parts
“It is not peace but party that they mind. The greater part of their studies is to study sides and parts” (Burroughs, Irenicum, p. 168).
When You Are Being Run Out of Town, Get Out in Front and Make it Look Like a Parade
“In Britain, by contrast, the Church of England has been in the forefront of the retreat from the Judeo-Christian heritage. At every stage it has sought to appease the forces of secularism, accommodating itself to family breakdown, seeking to be nonjudgmental and embracing multiculturalism” (Melanie Phillips, Londonistan, p. xxii).
Now This
“We have become so accustomed to its discontinuities that we are no longer struck dumb, as any sane person would, by a newscaster who having just reported that a nuclear war is inevitable goes on to say that he will be right back after this word from Burger King; who says, in other words, ‘Now …