“The faithful say thus saith the Lord instead of it seems to me. The message of the Bible is proclaimed and declared by heralds. John the Baptist did not come out of the wilderness issuing invitations to seminars.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 129
Mostly Peaceful November Letters
Letter to the Editor: What advice on following the Fifth Commandment would you give to an American-born citizen whose parents are illegals? Jake Jake, I would advise ...
Risk Before the Fall
“God did not create a safe world for us. Even before the sin of man ruined so much, the paradise of Eden had a serpent in it. Adam was in a momentous conflict before he sinned. God insists that we bet with real money. God requires us to risk things. This risk includes all that we hold dear, and to shrink back from it is to incur the displeasure of God. The wicked and lazy servant was the one who would not risk what had been entrusted to him. To play it safe is to play it dangerous.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 127
The Beat Down with a Silver Lining
"The Nazis largely got into power by simply talking the old straight stuff about heroism in a country full of cynics and buggers." C.S. Lewis, The Collected Letters, Vol. 2, p. 346 ...
Fighting for Love is Not Loving to Fight
“The shepherd who will not fight the wolves does not love the sheep. The shepherd who loves to fight simply for the sake of fighting, and wolves will do for an adversary, is a shepherd with disordered affections. The shepherd must hate the wolves because he loves the sheep. If he hates the wolves because loves to hate, then he is a wolf himself.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 126
Ah, a Visionary . . .
Priorities
“Righteousness is more important than victory, and victory will come only to those who care about righteousness more than victory.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 126
On Becoming a Responsible Man
Let us start with some definitions. Males come in three versions. Masculinity is the glad assumption of sacrificial responsibility. Compromised and brittle masculinity is little more than the active avoidance ...
Ebullient Warriors
“We may fight with abandon precisely because we are not abandoned. Fatalistic warriors can be grim and fell, but never merry.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 123
November Letters, Saved from the Burn Pile
Letter to the Editor: As someone who works in business for a company as a sales consultant, my company is a regional distributor that sells products to facilities or janitorial products. ...