“He has set immortal life loose in the world, resurrection life loose in the world, divine life loose in the world. It can be smashed, but like quicksilver it scatters everywhere. And when it has been scattered everywhere, it begins to grow and multiply from there” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 96).
Normal Rockwell
The butterfly flits on wings of gold,The June bug wings of flame,The bed bug has no wings at all,But gets there just the same. American folk song Nonsense literature has a long and storied history—I’m looking at you, Jabberwock—and then there’s Edward Lear who, had he not been a Brit, could have been a great …
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Ineffable Wisdom
“In a world filled with death and corruption, the Holy Spirit hovers over the face of the sewage lagoon, brooding on the face of the waters. And there, in the midst of all that death, He introduces life” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 95).
Believe It or Not, More Leggings Letters
Happy Fourth!: I prefer to say “these united States,” emphasizing both the plurality and the preeminence of the States over the Federation. And thank you so much for that passing nod to our federation. I wonder many times if it might be proper to regain that “Federal Vision” once more, only in a different vein… …
The Immobile Moderate
So I would not describe myself as a radical conservative. It would be more accurate to say, as I did recently on Twitter, that I am not a radical conservative, but rather a moderate who failed to move with the times. And failure to move with the times is a mortal sin these days. You …
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Preparing for a Transgressive Fourth
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).