A few days ago, Michael Horton wrote a piece for The Washington Post headlined as “Evangelicals should be deeply troubled by Donald Trump’s attempt to mainstream heresy.” This is certainly true, and I am troubled by it. On top of that, I appreciated the historical sketch of the Word of Faith movement that Horton laid …
This Happens in Theological Libraries Also
Gratitude: The Sauce
“My point is that a man cannot sin by bowing his head over it, saying grace with true gratitude in his heart, and then tucking in—and this truth is not affected by whether what he is about to eat is a chocolate pudding cup from a fast food joint or lots of spinach, rich in …
The Basics
“By mere Christendom I mean a network of nations bound together by a formal, public, civic acknowledgement of the lordship of Jesus Christ and the fundamental truth of the Apostles’ Creed” (Empires of Dirt, p. 9).
He Just Changes His Clothes
“When the Church crosses the border between ‘outside and persecuted’ to ‘inside and influential,’ that border crossing does not mean that the devil has gone into retirement” (Empires of Dirt, p. 7).
A Fortiori
“If bacon is now clean, then how could it be possible for processed cheese not to be?” (Food Catholic, p. 3).
Let Us Be Called Jerubbubbles
Cultural shifts are accomplished, or prevented, by various policing actions. I am not here referring to the cops, although they are sometimes part of it. But I am referring to the rigorous imposition of sanctions. Those sanctions could involve fines, denial of tenure, loss of vocation, restriction of liberty, etc. Whenever old gods are being …
Nothing to Write Home About
“Neither am I a ‘food egalitarian.’ There is great cooking, good cooking, so-so cooking, poor cooking, and carrots out of the bag” (Confessions of a Food Catholic, p. 3).
Because That Would Be Bad
“Theocracy is not, however, to be confused with ‘theocracy’ or any other form of government contained within scare quotes, to which I am unalterably opposed” (Empires of Dirt, p. 4).
Until the Bull Pukes
There are two kinds of sorrow. One is a genuine sorrow over sin, and the other is a trap baited by sin. One turns away from displeasing the Lord while the other wallows in displeasing the Lord. “For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death” (2 …