Introduction: I have resolved to overcome this unbecoming reticence of mine. The monkeyshines that characterize so much of our public discourse in the Age of Trump have finally gotten to me. They have overwhelmed my reserved and retiring approach to modern politics. I am going to say what I think. But This is Not About …
Inexorable Futures
“A child in the womb knows nothing of birth, a nursing child knows nothing of running around in the yard, a toddler knows nothing of falling in love, a man knows nothing of the resurrection of the dead” (Mere Fundamentalism, pp. 74-75).
Which Is Not Uncommon
Basic
“If God lives, then we shall live again” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 70).
The Root Issue
“God is only unbelievable because God is unbearable—for He is holy and we are not” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 68).
MLK, Consequentialism, and More
Introduction: As I consider the next chapter of Eric Mason’s book, and look around at the dumpster fire news that is floating away on the crest of yet another flood, and with this happening on a day-to-day basis, it is hard to escape the conclusion that God is just messing with us. All of the …
Zero to the Tenth Power
“God is a self-existent being, the one who called Himself I Am That I Am, and so consequently the chances of Him not existing are zero” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 67).
An Epistolary Time
Troubled Marriages: I just read “On Keeping Your Marriage From Becoming Troubled” (thank you) and I have a question. What happens if the bump is a significant kind of disobedience that doesn’t get resolved with the first conversation? If the wife is in error, the husband can correct her. But for a very long time …
On Keeping Your Marriage From Becoming Troubled
Dear Will and Meghan, Thank you very much for the note you included with your thank you note for the wedding gift—although thanking people for thank you notes does threaten to set off a perpetual cycle. We were very grateful to be able to make the wedding, and it was good to see all your …
What Are the Odds?
“Put another way, life from the dead once in an evolutionist’s world is far less likely than life from the dead twice in the Christian world. This is because we are comparing random chance occurrences to deliberate acts performed by a person, and it is like comparing apples and glaciers” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 67).