“Father, give me to know and help me to see
The whole world full of tinder, as truly combustible,
And to see Your bright Word as unstoppable flame.”
21 Prayers, p. 63
Your Killing Spirit
“Father, my Father, keep me from sinning
Or grieving Your Spirit in my thoughts or behavior.
Put right within me what needs to be right,
Directed and led by Your killing Spirit,
In line with Your heart, Your words, and Your Spirit.”
21 Prayers, p. 62
Glory Days
“The popular expressions of American exceptionalism are as old as dirt. There is nothing new about top dogs vaunting themselves over their top dogginess. This is the most unexceptional form of exceptionalism possible. This high school has been here for many decades, and nobody currently knows who the senior class president was twenty-five years ago. Nobody knows because nobody cares.”
American Milk & Honey, p. 160
Rightly Ordered Affections
Dear Gavin, In my last letter, I pointed to the fact that our variegated loyalties can be hard to define, and difficult to keep straight. As Christians we have a standing obligation to keep them ...
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Under the Blessing
“The YHWH who dispenses Deuteronomic blessings on His people is thereby identifying who his people actually are. Let the true Jews, the Jews who are Jews inwardly, by the regeneration of the Holy Spirit (Rom. 2:29), be the ones who walk under the grace of all His covenant blessings.”
American Milk & Honey, p. 158
Low Door
“I pray I might find the doorway of grace,
Finding at last the low door to high heaven.”
21 Prayers, p. 59
March for Letters & Letters for March
Letter to the Editor: Re: Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean In addition to imagining that Oliver Cromwell re-admitted the Jews to England (Cromwell’s plan was obstructed under the ...
Rattle Us All
“Rattle us all, Lord, and shake us all down
So that what is unshakeable may still remain.
Shake us so that what is permanent might be
Made manifest to all who stand and observe it.”
21 Prayers, p. 58
One of Those Serpents
“The Lord promise that we could handle serpents and not be bitten (Mark 16:18), and mammon is certainly one of those serpents.”
American Milk & Honey, p. 153
The Modern Nation State
Dear Gavin, As we discussed on the phone, I think we have covered most of the waterfront. At the same time, as a matter of summarizing and wrapping up, I think I have two more letters in me. There may be some repetition here, but I want to come at a few things from a …