“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).
Keeping “Faithful Presence” Within Acceptable Limits
“Where do wholeness, beauty, and joy take root? The point is clear enough—the rainbows appear in the sky, and the Smurfs come out to dance—but when will this happen? Where does it happen? On what scale does it happen? This is important to mention because Hunter has already make it abundantly clear that it cannot …
A Dumpster Full of Grease Fire
I read the released FISA memo last Friday night, and since then have been mulling over how bright-yellow-gaudy-outrageous the whole thing is. And by outrageous, I mean horrific from the outset, and getting worse with each passing day. And by worse, I mean more yellow. Right now it is like a bushel basket full of …
Although it Might be a Sturdy Taco Stand
“The Reformed theology I have read and studied and loved built a great civilization. The Reformed theology of the truncated R2K brethren, consistently applied, would have trouble building a taco stand” (Empires of Dirt, p. 145).
A Remarkable Display of Unanimity
