“If we are to put on the white robe called Jesus, there are certain foul rags that we have to take off in order to do so.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 7
Overgrown Shoeboxes
“A basic truism of modern design is that form follows function. This is self-evidently true, but the reason modern men have found themselves living, working, and worshiping in overgrown shoeboxes is that we have allowed ourselves to drift into a truncated and reductionist view of what our actual function as human beings truly is.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 7
The Angels Are Moving Their Beds
Introduction That's not thunder. Don't worry about it. The angels are just moving their beds. I have a word of reassurance for everybody. You want a bit of encouragement? I knew you did. Okay, ...
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Letters About Our Incipient Criminality
Letter to the Editor: What if you made one of your books to contain a complimentary fake ID, based on a discount code field that only in-the-know people had and that actually makes the price ...
Warning the Wrong People
“What we do need to do is go over the temptations faced by people who live in the proximity of money. Teaching on this is also found in Scripture, but we are not nearly enough on our guard about it. If someone in our congregation received a windfall inheritance of 100 million dollars, the chances are pretty good that this person would receive scores of warnings not to let it go to his head. All the people around that guy will not receive any warnings, and they are the ones who really need it.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 5
And What Money Always Does
“We need to remember that money will do what money always wants to do.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 4
A Biblical Defense of Fake Vaccine IDs
Introduction: It is certainly tempting to simply make the case by saying that a fake pandemic should have fake papers to accompany it, but that would be too easy, far too glib. I already have severe critics who struggle with their tendency to be censorious, and that would frankly not help. So I won’t start …
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Copycatting
“One danger is the obvious one of calling it cultural engagement when we are just drifting along with whatever it is the world is dishing up.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. x
Lay Up Before You Lay Out
“The principle is that you should take up the hard task of counting your shekels before undertaking the relatively easy task of spending them.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 2
And One Sees His Point of Course
