I owe John Piper more than I can possibly express, and so it is most necessary for me to preface any disagreement with him in terms of highest respect. And that is what I do here, right at the top, lest anyone miss it. ยง This is an odd kind of disagreement, because I actually …
Letters Answered from Pittsburgh
If the responses seem a little brief today, it is because I am on the road. Letter to the Editor: Girardโs insightful study on Job ( Job: The Victim of His People) is not what ...
Our Plantain Republic
Introduction: A plantain is a kind of banana cousin. It is larger in size, and it is significantly more starchy in consistency. Wise counsel would encourage you not try to consume any of them ...
Whom You Have Seen
โYou give the last piece of pie to God, who doesnโt eat pie, by giving it to your neighbor, who does.โ
Chesterton Calvinism, pp. 60-61
If History Dabbled in Ironies
Just a LIttle Zen
โWe affirm a fundamental creational loyalty to the world, and constantly thwart the worldโs desire to be disloyal to itself. This is why it is good to be earthy, and bad to be worldly.โ
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 58
A Passive Aggressive Dragon, But a Dragon Nonetheless
โThe pacifist who doesnโt want to fight the dragon for the sake of the lady is actually in the process of becoming a dragon himself.โ
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 57
Probably a Connection
โThere seems to be an inverse relationship between the number of footnotes that Chesterton uses and the number of footnotes he is in.โ
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 55
Because He is Not as Stingy as We Are
โWhat we must do is receive all Godโs covenantal blessings, as thick as we can conceive of them, and then imagine how much thicker Heaven will be. Let Jesus cut the bacon, in other words.โ
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 49
Letters of a Junish Sort
Me, staying current with all the latest news . . . Letter to the Editor: "Dave Rubin and Dylan Mulvaney are not really on opposite sides of this confusion, in other words." I think ...