“But it is He that has made us and not we ourselves. We did not, and could not have, fetched ourselves out of the primordial slime by lifting ourselves by our own bootstraps. Amoebae don’t have boots, for starters. Moreover, they never did” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 26).
On Whom All Other Facts Depend
“God is the absolute fact” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 24).
Letters to Aid Us in Our Human Flourishing
Our Woke Leadership: Re: “I may address some other things from Mason’s book as time goes by. That all depends upon whether I am sufficiently provoked.” I miss No Quarter November. Any chance of a reprise this year? Bill Bill, there’s a chance. Submission: Did the photo you posted of the Woke Church staying woke …
One or the Other
“Either time and chance acting on matter is the ultimate reality, or the cosmos is contingent and created, and it is here because God put it here” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 21).
The Sin of Being “White.” Or “Black” for that Matter.
Introduction: Eric Mason has recently released a book entitled Woke Church, and he has done this at a time when a season of uncommon racial silliness has descended upon us all. And as a sage once observed, if there are twelve clowns in a circus ring cavorting about, you can jump down there and start …
Davidson
“According to His human nature, Jesus was a Davidson. He would have been found in the phone book under the D’s” (Mere Fundamentalism, pp. 19-20).
A Triune Unity
“Another way of thinking of this, a way suggested to us in the Scriptures, though not as common, is to think of God the Speaker, God the Spoken, and God the Interpretation” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 19).
The Problematic Guest
Our Older Brother Always
“The life of Jesus on earth was not an instance of God temporarily slumming on earth. No, when Christ took on human nature, He did so permanently. And the resurrection was the seal on that permanence” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 18).
To, From and In
“If a homely illustration may be permitted, the Father is where we need to go, the Son is the way we take to get there, and the Holy Spirit is what enables us to travel. The Father is the city we are driving to, the Son is the road, and the Spirit is the car. …