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Not the Gospel Moment We Think It Is
“The evangelical world is still sitting under modernity’s table, eager for any crumbs that may fall our way. The big news down here is when some rock star or other intimates that it is possible that, under certain conditions, he might believe in a divine being other than himself, we snatch it up eagerly and feast for weeks.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 55
A Banana Republic, But Without Any Bananas
Prolegomena to Any Future Monkeyshines: So then, let us review. Donald Trump, for all his mean tweets, was sitting on top of a pretty robust economy. When the infamous J6 protest went down, ...
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Excellence in a World Gone Mad
This is my commencement address for the Logos Online graduates. It is a time-honored custom, hoary with age, for commencement speakers to inform you graduates, and doing so quite solemnly, that the ...
Held While Preaching
“When Christ speaks to the churches, the double-edge sword comes out of His mouth, and His ministers are held in His right hand as He preaches. This is what gospel authority means. Jesus speaks the Word while He holds the men speaking it.”
To the Brim
“A revival of formal worship filled with doctrine, laughter, glory, and light would be the first step to a remarkable transformation of the nation.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 54
So Make Allowances
Many Waters
“When we open our Bibles to read the Word of God, or attend worship in order to hear it declared, we should feel like we are standing on a rocky beach near the base of Niagara Falls. God’s Word fills all the available space.”
Tokens
“Formal worship does not create a secular/sacred distinction; it obliterates it. I give one day in seven because all seven are His. I give ten percent because one hundred percent is His.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 53
That Woman Jezebel
“We think that it is a virtue to tolerate, forgetting that the Lord Jesus rebuked a church for tolerating that woman Jezebel. Everything hinges on what we are tolerating, and our global love for smooth words indicates that what we are mostly tolerating is our own hardness of heart.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 49