“In times like ours, it is a standing disgrace that courage is not required to preach sermons.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 98
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“In times like ours, it is a standing disgrace that courage is not required to preach sermons.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 98

“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
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 ...
“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
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 ...
“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
“The world is to be brought to Christ, with all the nations submitting to Him, agreeing to obey Him. That is the mission. The method consisted of Word and water, bread and wine.”
Introduction: The trick is to make this thug a representative of his entire "race," while making sure that the lady judge does not in any way represent hers. Last week, something of a discussion ...
“God wants lush gardens, and the devil wants a moonscape.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 91