โA man seeking true glory has his eye fixed on God. A man in pursuit of vainglory is given to the sidelong glanceโ (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 51).
To Be Expected . . .
What Is Actually Delivered
โThe striving is always in the direction of Nietzscheโs Ubermensch, and it always seems to wind up as Nietzsche himself didโbroken, mad, pathetic. The Ring promises us a king or an emperor with godlike powers, but delivers us Gollumโ (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 44).
And What a Failure
โSin is a glory failureโ (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 42).
A Glorious Promise
โThe attempts to create a superman have not been few. We see it in the attempt by the antediluvians to breed immortals (Gen. 6), we see it in the ravings of Nietzsche, and we see it with modern unbelievers tinkering around with the human genome. In reply, God saysโGod has always saidโthat mankind shall be …
Yet Another Sack of Mail
On the Passing of RHE: They tell us that you’re nothing but bluster and bigotry, but this is as biblical, sensitive and nuanced as anything published on the corporate websites . . . Ed Ed, thank you. It was a difficult thing to address. โMy prayer is that RHE, perhaps somewhere in the course of …
Mark the Design
โGod did not create two men, and so homosexuality is excluded. He did not create Adam and three women, and so polygamy is excluded. A helper suitable to Adam was not found among the beasts, and so bestiality is excluded. He did not create two women, which rules out lesbianism. All such images would be …
Rachel Held Evans, RIP
Rachel Held Evans died last week as the result of a severe allergic reaction to some medications. She was a very popular blogger, she was on a really unfortunate theological trajectory, and she was only 37 when she died. Where I would like to begin is with a prayer that the family and loved ones …
How God Knits
โAnd so Adam was put into a deep sleep, into a deathlike coma, and God operated on him. One was broken into two, and the bloody rib was transformed into a woman. One was made into two in order that those two could, in a different manner, become one again. And after they became one …
Okay Then. Define โLeftward.โ๏ปฟ
Introduction: In the aftermath of this post on Wednesday, a discussion broke out on Twitter, the center of which was helpful. I want to thank both Joe Carter and Justin Taylor for engaging with the piece, and I hope that this post will help bring more clarity to the situation. I participated in those threads, …