Introduction: There are times when I feel like that peace-making fellow at Gettysburg who decided to usher in national harmony by parading between the two armies wearing a blue coat and gray trousers. The only thing that happened was that he got shot at by both sides, and retired from the field a bit wiser. …
Which Then Fly in the Sunshine
Progressives “still defend free speech, ardently and sincerely, but free speech is now defined as that which contributes to the public good, makes them feel better down to their toes, and releases multicolored butterflies into the public square” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 216).
That Feeling When It Seems Your Reply Was Satisfactory
The Hellfire Piece: All Christians who experience the resurrection to life will be able endure the judgment, of course, through Christ’s imputed righteousness. These are those who will put on immortality. 1 Corinthians 15:53-55 is clear about this. But where does Scripture ever indicate that the ungodly, those experiencing the resurrection to judgment, will ALSO …
Keeping Safe Spaces Quiet, Like the Library
“The end result of this sensitivity sham is that we will get—depend upon it—a bunch of ostensibly conservative Christians shushing one another” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 212).
In Defiance of the Schoolmarms
Introduction: I do indeed intend to defy the schoolmarms, but you will pardon me if I take a few minutes to set the whole thing up first. In the twelfth chapter of Acts, just a few verses apart, Luke gives us two instances of the angel of the Lord striking somebody, but with very different …
Stop Letting Them Drive
“If you don’t want to go where they are going, don’t let them have control of your language. One of the most remarkable thing about our current imbroglios is how readily Christians cede control over their language to the adversary. You are being steered” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 211).
In Hell Where They Already Have It
Introduction: The title comes from an old line of Ronald Reagan’s, where he said, “Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don’t need it and hell where they already have it.” Let that suffice for a rudimentary introduction, setting both tone and direction. So Lay the Axe at the Root: Socialism is, at root, not a math …
My Necktie?
To Make Things Microbetter
“The best response to microaggressions should be a good dose of microcaring” (Same Sex Mirage, p. 207).
November 33rd
Due to pacing problems on my part, I was not able to get everything posted that I intended to get to this November. I have three more posts to submit on this run, and so here is how I propose we do it. Tomorrow’s will be the last post in ordinary November. This is to …