She’s Got a Point
Getting the Victim Right
“You are not ‘blaming the victim’ if you are honestly involved in finding out who the victim is. A young girl abused by her stepfather is the victim. A stepfather falsely accused by his stepdaughter is the victim. If you approach is ‘ready, fire, aim,’ it does not matter if you say that your intent was to side with the victim. That really must be your first priority, but getting the identity of the victim right is part of it.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 56
Opportunity and Envy
Introduction: One of the recent discussion points on the right is related to a comment made by our vice-president about the appeal of socialism. He said, and I quote: “My warning to my fellow Republicans . . . You don’t stop socialism by throwing slogans at people about the free market. You stop socialism by …
And Discretion is not an Absolute
“A minister should never promise not to tell. He can and should promise to be discreet with what he learns. He can promise not to put it on the prayer chain, but he should never commit himself not to tell others on his ministry team or, as necessary, someone in law enforcement.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 52
Letters From Down the Road
Letter to the Editor: There are exactly 37 ways to balk at the professional level, but only 36 at the high school level. Shall I name them all? Andy, high school umpire No, ...
Not One More Minute
“No conscientious pastor can be willingly complicit in a child having to spend one more minute under the control of his abuser, and no pastor can willingly turn over an innocent person to a system that will simply presume him to be guilty and quite possibly make a hash out of the rest of his life. That really is a true pastoral dilemma.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 51
The Rise of the Islamo-Commies
Introduction: A decade ago, Canon published Empires of Dirt, and given our cultural moment now, the subtitle is interesting to look back on. That subtitle was “Secularism, Radical Islam, and the Mere Christendom Alternative.” In some respects, the terrain back then was quite different than it is today, but in other ways, it is still …
A Lot Less
“Because of the rampant confusion of spiritual and inspired (which are not the same thing at all), we need to do more theological spadework in the garden of our studies, and less beating our brethren over the head with the spade.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 47
Well, There Are Many Nuances
Not That He Asked Me To, Which Is the Problem
“I am not bound to accept a prophetic utterance from a charismatic friend the same way I am bound to believe the book of Romans.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 45