And Very Fruitful Meetings They Were
Family Life in C Major
“Your central qualifications for ministry are not found in your graduate studies, or in your library, or in the leadership webinars you attend. They are found around the dinner table, in your love for your wife, in kitchen laughter, in your glad sacrifices for your children, and in singing in the car.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 92
The True Point
“An army might enjoy some tranquil times marching from one battle to another—but the battles are why they are there. The wrong kind of conflict is always to be avoided, but the right kind of conflict is the point.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 91
Thoughts on the Eric Erickson Imbroglio
Introduction: Last week Eric Erickson published an article that claimed to have connected a lot of dots on what has come to be called the Woke Right. That article is here. He traced a lot of our woes back to Charles Haywood, a big donor on the hard right, and formulator of the “no enemies …
MInistry Sinkholes
“There will also be ministry sinkholes where countless hours go and where gratitude is rarely in evidence. This is a problem, but it should be their problem, not yours. The ministry is before the Lord, not before man. Let the Lord repay you, let the Lord thank you.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 90
Letters to Delight and Inform
Letter to the Editor: The closing line of JD Greer's 'Why I’m Not a Christian Nationalist' in TGC."So, to paraphrase Roger Williams, give me as much Christianity as possible in our ...
Disqualified Buttercups
“In 2 Tim. 2:3-6, the apostle Paul compares the work of ministry to three vocations, each of which involves a goodly amount of sweat—soldiers, athletes, and farmers. The calling of ministry is not for buttercups, and if buttercups can do it, it isn’t ministry.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 89
The Charlie Kirk Track and Field Complex
Logos School here in Moscow recently announced their plans to build a track and field complex and, having obtained permission from TPUSA, to name it after Charlie Kirk. This kind of thing is mightily offensive to the progressive left, which is going in big these days for assassination chic. In contrast, we simply wanted to …
Dinesh and the American Fixer-Upper
Introduction: Just a few short days ago, Dinesh D’Souza decided to start talking trash about Calvinism online, and—let us be frank—that created something of a set-to. The imbroglio consisted of two parts. One part had to do with the standard doctrinal questions which naturally arise whenever these questions come up. “Thou wilt say then unto …
And Now Rank All Four
“This is equivalent to Luther’s comment (which may be apocryphal) that he would rather be governed by a wise Turk than a foolish Christian. Quite so, but we must also remember there are two other options as well. Beware of false dichotomies. There is also the option of the foolish Turk and the wise Christian.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 85