Theology That Bites Back
As I have been following the controversy at Grove City, I thought I should post this response of the original petitioners to the report from the board on the problem of creeping woke at Grove City. They were greatly heartened by the report, as was I, and believe that everyone needs to remember that certain …
Introduction: A number of years ago, I had the privilege of serving as the foreman of a jury in a murder trial. That experience was, in varying degrees, inspiring, exasperating, and surreal. Despite all the corruptions that have crept into our system, and there are many, the system is still operational. It still functions. But …
“Effective preaching is a supernatural event.”
Beeke, Reformed Preaching, p. 263
“This is why we should want to preach the kind of hot gospel that creates the kind of people who take those risks. The way we sometimes talk, it is as though we think the yard markers on the sidelines of the football game are capable of making first downs. And in a free economy, people don’t take risks (for the most part) because they are daredevils. They take risks because of who and what they love. Civilizations are built by men who have families to feed.”
Mis-Inflation, p. 108
“I have felt (for many years) that there was something seriously off in the standard trade deficit concerns. When it comes to household economics, I have never worried about more coming in than going out.”
Mis-Inflation, p. 95
Dear Darla, So I think the next issue I would like to cover, if you would be so kind as to keep on reading, is the importance of guarding your heart. That is simple enough to say, but actually doing ...
“Your problem with Uncle Wyatt is not that he is protecting himself, but rather that he is not guarding himself against the real risk—the risk of becoming the kind of risk-averse person who basically paralyzes himself. The wicked lazy servant set out to protect himself in the first instance, and the one thing he did not successfully do was protect himself.”
Mis-Inflation, pp. 92-93
As you can see from the title, I had a boatload of letters, but when I clicked publish, the computer spazzed and ate most of my answers. I conclude from this the Lord did not have as high a view of ...
“The servant who buried the talent might have been the only one of three who returned anything of financial worth to his master. But he still would have been the wicked servant.”
Mis-Inflation, p. 92
