Theology That Bites Back
Introduction: So what did I make of Turning Point’s halftime alternative? It felt the same way that it did after Seattle made their first two field goals. We are not there yet, but I really like the way this is going. Let’s take it as a good omen. My reasons for thinking this are stated …
“Sow a little envy, and reap a life of ungrateful misery. Sow a little, and reap a lot.”
Letter to the Editor: I write this in good faith seeking knowledge after recently coming across a sermon by Pastor Brooks of Pilgrim Hill. I decided to listen to it while working one day ...
“The devil . . . is a guilt farmer, and the seed is sin. Relativism is just a teaching calculated to get fools to throw their seed everywhere.”
“I can illustrate the Creator-creature divide on the blackboard, but I cannot do the physics involved and show my work. If I could do that, I wouldn’t be on this side of that divide.”
“It really is Dionysus or the Crucified. And Dionysus is not just the god of the endless party—sex, drugs, and rock and roll—he is also the god of random dismemberment. In the sixties, we were urged many times (in a Dionysian vein) to ‘make love, not war.’ It turns out that the slogan actually means ‘make love, then war.’”
“Those who feast on accusations will eventually be eaten by them. This won’t necessarily happen tomorrow. You can run on for a long time.”
“Accusation is holy law poured through the filter of a tiny and defiled soul. Justice is holy law unfiltered. Love is holy law poured out on the only sinless man, broken on a tree. And why was He willing to be broken there? He did it so a world full of accusers could become a world full of former accusers.”
Letter to the Editor: Is it wise or even right for Christians to be cremated? I have heard Christians from both camps with the general arguments for cremation of being "good stewards" financially, ...
