The war on guns is not a war on guns, but rather a war on words. The war on marriage is not a war on marriage, but rather a war on words. The war on unborn children is not a war on life, but rather a war on words. The war on true victims is …
On Sidestepping the Mega-Bleh
One of the things that policy wonks need to realize is that politics isn’t always about what they call politics. There are the policy aspects, to be sure. What is the plan on paper? And there are the character issues, that’s another thing. How many closets, how many skeletons? Then there is the matter of …
Something to Watch Out For
“At a recent dinner my dad said, ‘No sense dying with a good reputation.’ My daughter asked if his was good. ‘Better than it ought to be'” (Rules for Reformers, p. 202).
Or Maybe a Disastrous Undoing
“Spurgeon once said that when God begins to work, it always looks more like an undoing than a doing” (Rules for Reformers, p. 202).
A Polished Staircase
“Carnal ambition is the one sin that step by step, up a long marble staircase, ascends to Hell” (Rules for Reformers, p. 202)
Curling Up Under the Blanket
We live in a generation that is totalitarian in principle, having accepted all the basic totalitarian premises. Denying the Lordship of Jesus Christ drives you to those premises — for if Jesus is not Lord, then there is a vacancy that men will always want to fill. Without an exhaustive rule through the predestinating love …
5 Reasons for Thinking that Putin is No Constantine
The reason for this small piece is that some Western Christians, who really ought to know better, have been taken in by Russian photo ops, propaganda, and posturing, and have begun to describe Vladimir Putin as a new Constantine. It just goes to show. What, I am not sure exactly, but it does go to …
Our Decomposing Lusts
Update: Several friends have informed me that Fuller has taken a stand of sorts on this. I was going off Kirk’s bio on his site. You can read more here and here. So J.R. Daniel Kirk has decided to go the inclusive route for all his “LGBTQ sisters, brothers, and others.” Get that? And “others,” …
The Judicious Review
Boz Tchividjian wrote a pretty good article about internal investigations that are configured to look like independent investigations. Because some folks out there were making application to the review that Christ Church has requested from the CREC, I thought I should say just a quick something. There are two basic responses. One has to do …
Hammering Some Cold Iron
One of the developing memes in my recent controversies is that I like to wax eloquent when writing about sovereign and efficacious grace, but that I do this because I am all about grace for the repentant abuser. Big time grace for the victim, not so much. This is a charge that is wildly, uproariously, …