“Preaching is the communication of truth through a man to men. The human element is essential in it, and not merely accidental”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 68
Discombobulated, In Other Words
“He sat down at his desk. It, like the rest of the office, was in tatters. If decorators had terms for this kind of thing, they would probably narrow it down to a choice between High Disheveled and Early Hand Grenade”
Ecochondriacs, p. 128
Kevin DeYoung and the Taxonomy of Conflict
Introduction: As we contemplate the melee that is the Reformed evangelical world today, it is very easy for the folks in the stands to get a little bewildered. As the saying goes, you can’t tell the players without a scorecard, and the different numbers on the jerseys really helps. And if ever there were a …
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A Pleasant Surprise
“Many ordinary folks have noticed that the onset of panic has the unfortunate effect of scattering their wits. Hugh, whose wits were usually scattered already, discovered much to his great surprise that his panic was out there gathering up all his wits, and helping them all to walk in a straight line”
Ecochondriacs, p. 127
As It Should Be
A Critique on the Stringent Side
“‘There is a section in my chapter ten where I, um, critique a paper you submitted to The Journal of Climate Change.’ This was a polite way of putting it. Larry had actually gone through her paper with a weed whacker, the kind with metal blades”
Ecochondriacs, p. 118
The Problem of Dead White Guys
And these are the notes from my workshop presentation at ACCS yesterday. Introduction: The fact that we are seeking to reestablish a curriculum that was at the center of Western culture ...
The Christian Imagination
These are the notes for my plenary talk at the 2021 ACCS conference, delivered yesterday. Introduction: The apostle John tells us that faith is what overcomes the world (1 John 5:4), but in order ...
Barely Almost
“It was not a hit-and-run, but rather an almost-hit-and-run-even-faster”
Ecochondriacs, p. 115
The Revolt of the Normals, Part 2
Introduction: One of the features of the woke spasm we are in the middle of is that saying things that were unexceptional a week or two ago might land you in a national firestorm tomorrow. Shoot, you ...
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