Duly Noted
Assigned Duties
“Pastors can fail at their assigned task, but it by no means follows from this that the task was somehow not assigned to them. You can only fail a class that you were enrolled in.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 79
Triumphant Sorrow
Photo credit: Lisa Hughes Today is the anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s promotion to glory, and I can’t let the day pass without saying something for the moment. When I think of Charlie’s gifted and dogged affability, it is no mystery to me that the enemies of God would want to take him out. What remains …
The Cure of Souls and Counseling
“So when wise pastors help their people with challenges such as depression, anxiety, sexual trauma, eating disorders, obsessive behaviors, and so on, they are not doing so as hacks and amateurs. They are trained in the Scriptures, and the Scriptures are sufficient for reproof, correction, and training in righteousness.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 79
Letters in a September Hue
Letter to the Editor: This all reminds me of a lesson I taught a few years ago to my 6th grade choir. The demographic of the group was 70% boys and 30% girls. While we sang 90% of the time ...
The American Creedle
Introduction: I would like to draw your attention to comments that were recently made by Neil Gorsuch, one of the more sensible members of our Supreme Court. And, as those comments should reveal, it ...
Always the Last Thing You Think Of
Psychotic Empathy
Introduction: As I write these words, the trial of Lindsay Clancy in Massachusetts is wrapping up. She killed her three kids a few years ago, and the trial is over whether she did so in the grip of post partum psychosis, and so not guilty by reason of insanity, or whether she was responsible for …
Letters on the DoorSept, I Mean Doorstep
Letter to the Editor: Would you please share with us who deeply appreciate your ministry and the whole CREC/Moscow Mood, what you think fuels the gut reaction against all this by the "standard ...
A Sabbath Variation
“It does seem awkward and asymmetrical to say that the timeless moral authority of the Decalogue arises out of nine and a half of the commands. Nobody likes seeing the Ten Commandments walk with a limp.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 62