“Few spectacles are sadder than all those soi-disant responsible Christians, the ones who have been chiding and rebuking me for years over my strictly Pauline views of slavery. Neither have a they appreciated my understanding of what actually resulted from the War between the States. Their version of their concern is that I have been needlessly opening the Church up to unhelpful charges of racccciiiisssm But you know what will actually condemn every last Christian as a vile and incorrigible racist? Just ten more birthdays, that’s all. The game that is being run on you people is plain and obvious, and you still refuse to see it. May the good Lord hasten the day when He gives you back your eyes.”
Letters for the Times in Which We Live
Letter to the Editor: What do you think of this . . . is it the Christian women’s job to birth all the unused frozen eggs even if they weren’t hers? So they weren’t thrown away?Best, ...
There Are Better Ways
“They see the soft evangelical ‘culturally engaged’ center lusting after the respect of the world, and willing to lick dirt to get it. As an aside, licking dirt is not a great strategy for gaining respect.”
Because We Are Not There Yet
“Just don’t make the mistake of putting your emotions in the driver’s seat. This is a complicated car, a very expensive car, and your emotions are two years old. They don’t know how to drive. Your emotions need to be in the back, strapped in a car seat, with instructions to behave.”
Keep Your Kids, p. 57
All the Way
“Here is the definition I would offer, taking this as a summary from all of Scripture: to love someone is to treat that person lawfully from the heart.”
Keep Your Kids, p. 55
You Can Feel It Throbbing
Always There
“In A.D. 500, you didn’t have to deal with the algorithms. You didn’t have a device in your pocket that pings you with a notification whenever you get a new incoming lie.”
Keep Your Kids, p. 53
Where Was Your Face Before You Washed It?
Preamble to My Introduction: ACCS is a decidedly Protestant organization. But as you look around the classical Christian world of education, you will notice the involvement of not a few Roman Catholic and Orthodox educators, many of whom we consider to be friends. But—friends or no friends—we remain decidedly Protestant. My task this morning is …
The Only One
“Christ is the standard for every man and woman, for every boy and every girl. He is the path we must run. He is the only curriculum.”
Keep Your Kids, p. 52
Not in the Bill of Rights
“Young people do not have a constitutional right to be silly.”
Keep Your Kids, p. 52