Theology That Bites Back
Behind the Scenes: Some of the forces of diversity, as per their usual routine, spitting on the doors of our church office . . . Consider this as something of an inaugural round-up of sorts. So this last October, we here in Moscow had a little bit more excitement in the build up to November, …
“A poet who has mastered (by imitation) all the classic forms of poetry might be in a good position to develop a new and challenging form. But if he passes by all that, and sits down to write poetry that just expresses himself, then he is likely only to achieve a form of free verse that was invented by junior high girls who had just finished sobbing.”
Ploductivity, p. 82
“Loose living can take many forms—raunchy movies, corrupt friends, ungodly parties, envious snark and complaining, and all the rest of that unsightly crew.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 100
Introduction: Allow me to explain how the Marxist enemies of the gospel did it. This is what we should see if we are looking intelligently at the game film. And we are quite willing to look intelligently at the game film, are we not? I want to provide you with this explanation because there was …
“Work for the work, not the award. Those who work for the work, and not the award, are—get this—more likely to win the award.”
Ploductivity, p. 81
“When we have built something, the pride of man wants to look out over it all, like Nebuchadnezzar on the walls of Babylon, and somehow to take credit. This is the beginning of insanity.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 97
Letter to the Editor: Re: "On Aspen the Lost Dog and Other Imponderables" Pastor Wilson, your restraint is admirable. When the "other side" has a grievance far less valid or documented than ...
“The kind of ambition that wants to clamber over half-finished work in your initial radius of influence, in order to get that next promotion, is an ambition that is being driven by the wrong kind of motivation entirely.”
Ploductivity, p. 79
“If you want paganism without an attendant contempt for life at the margins, you want something that has never existed.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 95
