“But Paul says to put away all strife and envy, and he includes them in that toxic mix. To give up sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll but keep the envy is surely a bad deal. That is like surrendering the golden Babylon orgy goblet in order to drink the poison out of a modest little Dixie cup you found in the church kitchen.”
Nothing Stranger Than Gospel
“It was the strangest trial I ever heard of. A guilty man was dragged into court, as furtive and as guilty and as ashamed as a man could possibly be, and it all ended with the prosecutor being dragged out of the courtroom and summarily hanged. And after that the judge came back from the dead.”
What Faith Alone Sees
“Believing on Jesus to everlasting life means looking at Jesus, with the eyes of faith, as though He were an impaled serpent.”
Standing Up to Evil Rabbit
Introduction: So what did I make of Turning Point’s halftime alternative? It felt the same way that it did after Seattle made their first two field goals. We are not there yet, but I really like the way this is going. Let’s take it as a good omen. My reasons for thinking this are stated …
Reap a Lot
“Sow a little envy, and reap a life of ungrateful misery. Sow a little, and reap a lot.”
Letters That Are Going to Be Answered
Letter to the Editor: I write this in good faith seeking knowledge after recently coming across a sermon by Pastor Brooks of Pilgrim Hill. I decided to listen to it while working one day ...
The Devil is a Guilt Farmer
“The devil . . . is a guilt farmer, and the seed is sin. Relativism is just a teaching calculated to get fools to throw their seed everywhere.”
Testifying, Not Explaining
“I can illustrate the Creator-creature divide on the blackboard, but I cannot do the physics involved and show my work. If I could do that, I wouldn’t be on this side of that divide.”
Just Like That
Christ or Pagan Chaos
“It really is Dionysus or the Crucified. And Dionysus is not just the god of the endless party—sex, drugs, and rock and roll—he is also the god of random dismemberment. In the sixties, we were urged many times (in a Dionysian vein) to ‘make love, not war.’ It turns out that the slogan actually means ‘make love, then war.’”