Just a quick word of encouragement to those of you who don’t like living in our current secular monkey house, and who dislike even more the idea that this demented arrangement was somehow foisted upon us by the Founders. It wasn’t. So as you set off your fireworks this week, make sure you tell the …
All That Is Needed
“The body of Christ has no vestigial organs, no evolutionary leftovers. God gave us a heart so that our blood could circulate. He gave us ankles so that we could walk. He gave us fingernails so that we could pick up dimes on the first try” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 94).
A Perennial Question
Scripture as Tutor
“The natural world is eloquent, but mute at the same time. The Scriptures teach us how to read nature” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 89).
Comparing the Books
“Natural revelation does not teach us that we all evolved from the primordial slime. It does teach us that homosexual relations are unnatural. The former conflicts with Genesis, and the latter does not conflict with Leviticus” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 88).
Outlaws and Bystanders, Culprits and Idiots
Introduction: As the disintegration of our evangelical institutions continues apace, I would like to have you all sit down at a table here. Once you have done so, I will roll out a chart that diagrams the tragicomedy for you. Just watch and see if I don’t. The Context: Of course, the secularists are establishing …
But Not All Dumb Mistakes Are God’s Truth
“When we say all truth is God’s truth, we do not mean to say that this truth that we just thought we discovered ten minutes ago should be used to trump what we have known to be true for centuries. That is quite a different thing” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 88).
Letters on Leggings, Naturally
The Second Most Obvious Thing About Leggings: “This leggings parade is not (in most instances) a personal and lascivious ‘screw me’ invitation. It is an insolent and culture-wide ‘screw you’ that is aimed at the patriarchy and men in general.” Boom. I love how you can take arguments out of the same old surface back …
One Voice
“When someone claims that they do contradict [Christ, Scripture, and natural revelation], this is generally a preface to an attempt at poor exegesis on the form of revelation they consider supreme. If they say that Jesus Himself is to be preferred (over against Scripture and natural revelation), this is likely because Jesus is about to …
That Cut Flowers Kind of Religious Liberty
Introduction: So I want to make a point I have made before, and I want to do it yet again, but this is perfectly all right because it is a point that cannot be made enough. And here it is again: Religious liberty is not a secular value. Religious liberty is a religious value, and …