Theology That Bites Back
Introduction: I begin with a disclaimer, but not with the kind of disclaimer that is banned from these November observations of mine. Even though my adversaries believe I run everything in Moscow, ...
So I would like to invite you to peruse this news release, and then mutter holy moly to yourself three times. That should about cover the situation. I am not going to say too much more about this dog’s breakfast at present, but am rather saving up. I am walking around gathering colorful metaphors like …
Letter to the Editor: I'm sure that I am not the first person to say this, but your letters page is a fun place to say things, so I'll say it here, hoping to know whether you think I am onto ...
“Every week you place all your ambitions on His altar and watch them ascend to Heaven in a column of smoke. When you get to your office Monday morning, they will be there on your desk, cleansed and waiting for you.”
Ploductivity, p. 78
God “knows when we come to church and do not confess our sins honestly at the beginning of the service. He knows when we move through the rest of the service pretending that we didn’t track in what He knows we tracked in.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 93
“What is in the sermon must be in the preacher first.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 167
“God created us for glory, and there is no way for us to find a switch that will turn that off. We are inveterate glory seekers, and the thing that distinguishes a good man from a bad man is what he finds glorious—not whether he finds something glorious.”
Ploductivity, p. 76
“Glory is not something that fossilizes. When the Spirit departs, the glory departs, and the church building becomes Ichabod Memorial . . . Let us never exchange the glory of God for a fog of nuance.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, pp. 91-92
