Lock Her Up?: There were a cluster of letters on this same theme, which I will try to answer at the end. Thank you so much for the gift of your writing. One question in regards to your post on “the fragility of order.” I am a conservative first and foremost. I tend to vote …
And Occasionally Insufficient Gratitude
“Since secularism took over from the bad old religious bigots who used to kill scores and scores of people, we have since that time had a long millennium of sunshine and glittery rainbows, in which only scores of millions of people have been slaughtered. We celebrate this deliverance of ours and bow our heads in …
The World Is Never Mundane
So what am I going to be going on about in this post? There are two things, in sum. The first is a reminder for you to make sure you check out which location for the showing of The Riot and the Dance on March 19 is going to be nearest you. All you have …
The Wilson/Milne Personality Test
Please circle the character that best represents your traits. Rabbit Eeyore Pooh Piglet Owl Kanga Tigger Please circle the character that those who know you best would say best represents your traits. Rabbit Eeyore Pooh Piglet Owl Kanga Tigger If the two answers are the same, circle that character below. If the answers differ, please …
Like Making Typhoid Mary a Nurse
“Here’s a thought experiment for you. Take a couple of princes from the seventeenth century, one Catholic and one Protestant, and both of them experienced soldiers. Show them, in a vision, the battle of the Somme, the bombing of Dresden, the battle of Midway, the Great Leap Forward, the gulags of communism, and the two …
And She’s Not Here Right Now
Mere Simplicity
“As has already been said, by mere Christendom, I mean a public and formal recognition of the authority of Jesus Christ that repudiates the principles of secularism and that avoids both hard sectarianism and easy latitudinarianism. Easier said than done, but there it is” (Empires of Dirt, p. 159).
God Keeps Making Everything Binary
“However much we might want to obscure the issues, however much we might build great universities with trained brains to cover everything in a dark mist, however much we reward those pundits who make ample room for our lusts and opinions, at the end of the day, we have to decide if we are going …
The Fragility of Civil Order
“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty” (1 Tim. 2:1–2). Whenever men have enjoyed any privilege for any length of …
And Cooler is Better, Right?
“Thinking missional shalom instead of evangelistic soul-winning only makes you cooler, not more effective at it” (Empires of Dirt, p. 150).