Just Kick It
Not An Effective Barricade
“The Judeo/Christian tradition was therefore a device used by secular man to get Christians and Jews to drop or mute their claims about that authority being from outside the world. This follows because if you establish this amalgam tradition down here when the transcendental claims are contradictory, then that means you don’t need to take either Christianity or Judaism seriously as a basis for governance. You have spiked the transcendental guns. The Judeo/Christian tradition therefore operates from within the system, and for a number of years has occupied an honored spot on secular man’s god shelf—mementos and knickknacks from the past. A Judeo/Christian lapdog cannot stand up to the secular onslaught, because the Judeo/Christian lapdog was first domesticated by secularism, and it has been that way for a long time.”
Yes, Honor
“Coaches see weakness and exploit it. Generals see weakness and exploit it. Business executives see weakness and exploit it. Husbands see weakness and honor it. That’s what Peter says: honor your wives as the weaker vessel.”
Keep Your Kids, p. 100
No Such Thing
“There is no such entity as the Judeo/Christian religion. As religions go, there is no way to combine the view that Jesus is the Christ with the idea that He was a fraud, or the claim that He rose from the dead with the counterclaim that He did nothing of the kind, or the idea that the New Testament correctly interprets the Old with the view that it is the Talmud that actually does. So as religions, they do not harmonize at the most basic level.”
Every Gun
“One of the basic rules of firearm safety is that you should treat all guns as if they were always loaded. We are all sexual beings . . . how should younger women be treated? Paul says they should be treated as sisters, with all purity, with all holiness, with all comeliness . . . We call one another brothers and sisters in the Lord. So treat Your fellow church members that way, Paul says. This is a most necessary admonition because, again, every gun is always loaded.”
Keep Your Kids, pp. 97-98
Respect Grows
“You cannot teach children to have respect for other cultures by inculcating in them a contempt for their own. A son who honors his own mother deeply is going to understand why another honorable son wants to honor his mother. That makes good sense to him.”
Happening Almost Never
“Answered prayer should not be like a blue comet.”
Keep Your Kids, p. 93
Letters That Fill the Space Allotted for Letters Quite Admirably
https://twitter.com/douglaswils/status/1944942398150468005 Letter to the Editor: Excellent analysis. This whole episode feels like a kick in the balls—probably even to ...
Not the Same Thing at All
“A Christian nation should never be mistaken as being the same thing as a chosen nation. There is no exceptionalism in it.”
And at a Livable Temp
“Fathers, your highest parental priority is to manage and maintain a climate of true fellowship in your home. You’re in charge of the thermostat. Too often, dads are just the thermometer, thinking to themselves, ‘It sure is hot in here.’ But fathers are called to control the temperature of their household.”
Keep Your Kids, pp. 88-89