Now I See
So Be a Big Pot on Your Own Time
“Samuel Rutherford reputedly said that just as we cook soup in a big pot but serve it in little bowls, so the preacher should study with human scholarship but preach with utter simplicity.”
Beeke, Reformed Preaching, p. 201
A Different Vantage
“We are living in a time when all the wheels appear to be coming off Pharaoh’s chariots. But this should not distress us because we are Israelites, and we are already standing on the opposite shore.”
Gashmu Saith It, p. 99
Junipers Producing Grapefruit
“A nation of fornicating potheads will not enjoy civil liberty. You might as well expect to plant thistles and harvest barley.”
Gashmu Saith It, p. 90
Imitate the Whole Story
“Husbands, your task is to model for the world what the objective gospel actually looks like. And, in case you have forgotten, it looks like blood, sweat, and tears. You are the hands of Christ as He preaches His message of salvation to the world, and never forget that those hands are pierced. You are husbands—you are to be pierced. You are the head. Does that tempt you to puff yourself up, as though that meant you were the King Boss? No, you are the head, and you are instructed to be the head the same way Jesus was. How was Jesus the head? Remember that if you are the head, you are supposed to have a crown of thorns jammed on it.”
Gashmu Saith It, p. 86
Testosterone Does Stuff
Dear Dawson, We now come to what used to be quaintly called “the facts of life.” But instead of dealing with what we used to have, which was embarrassed fathers talking over sexual matters with embarrassed sons, we are now living on the tail end of a generation or more of what we have called …
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A Good Testimony Plays on the Swings
“If you are out at the park with your small tribe, and you get cold stares from angry lesbians, you are not bringing disrepute on the gospel. God says the opposite. God is in charge of what constitutes a good testimony in an age like ours.”
Gashmu Saith It, pp. 84-85
If This is Tuesday, These Must Be Letters
Letter to the Editor: Thank you as always for your faithful service to Christ. Your work has blessed and continues to bless me, my family and my church abundantly. This is in response to ...
So Don’t Act Surprised
“The spirit of grace and generosity does not take Mammon out of your hands, but it most certainly takes you out of Mammon’s hands. And while Mammon remains a snake, the Lord promised that we could handle serpents without harm (Mark 16:18). But apart from the sovereign grace of God, you cannot keep money from doing what money always does.”
Gashmu Saith It, p. 78
The First Casualty of War
Introduction: The sentiment has been expressed in various ways, from Aeschylus to Winston Churchill, and I am referring to the very pointed sentiment that the first casualty of war is the truth. That said, I really like the way Samuel Johnson expressed it. ‘Among the calamities of war may be jointly numbered the diminution of …
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