“Let us experience the gift of Your rest
As well as the work that rests upon rest.”
21 Prayers, p. 67
Personality and Character
“The Puritans did in fact shape the American personality. But personality is not the same thing as character. Two men can have an outgoing personality, with one of them honest and the other treacherous. Two men can be quiet and withdrawn, with one of them a rock of integrity and the other a knave. We do share certain personality features with the Puritans, attributes we inherited from them. But inheriting their personality is not the same thing as inheriting their character.”
American Milk & Honey, pp. 173-174
The Very Marchiest of Letters
Letter to the Editor: Is it time to consider the theological ramifications of aliens? That's not a joke. It would cause me tremendous doubt if indisputable evidence comes out about ...
One Messiah-Nation Only
“The idea of America as messiah-nation is an idea that dies hard, but die it must.”
American Milk & Honey, p. 165
Make Real Sense of It
“I do not want to treat gathered saints
As I would an assembly of the unconverted,
But, nevertheless, I would still preach the gospel
And true liberation and conversion to all.
I pray that Your Spirit would accomplish this work,
And not only do it but make real sense of it.”
21 Prayers, p. 66
Shall I Explain What’s Going On? No, Seriously . . .
This will not be a sustained argument, explaining everything in cogent and meticulous detail, but rather a random collection of observations, somewhat in the style of Mystery Science Theater. Don’t try to figure out the flow, in other words. But if you stay with me, as you know you probably should, by the end you …
True and Functional
“I pray that Your Spirit would work here to topple
Every delusion that sets itself up
Against a true and a functional knowledge—
A knowledge of You that believes and obeys.”
21 Prayers, p. 65.
Not An Option
“But no nation of Christendom will ever occupy the same place or position that Israel did. This is because the church—which is international in its genius—was commanded to disciple all of the nations, not leaving any of them out. So there will never be a Christian nation that will be the chosen nation. That is no longer an option.”
American Milk & Honey, p. 164.
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Good to be Wary
“Knowing this, and budgeting for the reality that when it comes to power, all men are alcoholics, and that unlimited and unrestrained power is a large bottle of 100 proof Dead Carrion Reserve, our Founders were truly exceptional.”
American Milk & Honey, p. 162