“Imitation is absolutely crucial for childrearing. You do not want your children imitating you unless you are imitating God. If you are not imitating and pursuing God, sincerely and openly beholding His face in worship weekly, being transformed from one degree of glory to another, then the last thing you should want is for your …
Intervening Kindness
“Parents can give their children something that their own parents did not give them, because our God breaks cycles of sin” (Why Children Matter, p. 5).
What Would Solomon Have Done With an Orc-Baby?
Introduction: So yesterday was eventful. There were events in the PCA, in the SBC, and in the CREC. You like how I am starting out in such measured tones, calling these things “events”? The old Chinese curse goes, as I am sure you remember, may you live in interesting times. And, as it transpires, we …
More Than Enough
“This message of salvation is honey made by industrious celestial bees, and they work in fields of clover the size of Jupiter. There is more than enough for you. This offer of the gospel places just a bit of it on the top of your tongue. There—do you taste it now? The Spirit and the …
All Letters About That Silent Effeminacy
The effeminacy of silence. American history demonstrates that American society has always approximated the overall tone of the Christianity generally practiced at the time. The effeminacy of silence, therefore, only mirrors that of the current milquetoast Christianity, one exacerbated by the female block’s ability to significantly neuter the male block.
Not a Minor Detail
“The plot against the Lord Jesus appeared to have gone perfectly, and the only thing that ruined it was that Jesus came back from the dead”
The Effeminacy of Silence
Introduction: I suppose the title might take some explaining, but if the post can’t explain a title like that, then what are we all doing here? Let me say at the outset that this is not a post about overt effeminacy—effeminacy of the lisping mincing kind. If that kind of thing were a virus, then …
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Our Real Problem with Creation
“We do not belong to ourselves because we did not make ourselves” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 120).
Kind of a Meta Problem
Anything Consistent with His Own Nature and Character
“God can do absolutely anything that is consistent with who He has always been” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 120).