Introduction: Inspirational thoughts go better with a sunset. What I would like to do is to bring the good news of the grace of God to those in the grip of our current imbecilities, but I would ...
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Hot Gospel for Heated Times
Eats Through Anything
“It was not a slight prideful vanity, but a corrosive and acidic pride, the kind that would degrade any intelligence that tried to hold it like a container.”
Letters in the Asylum
I would ask for my money back at a minimum. Letter to the Editor: Go home 2020, you're drunk! Jordan -- Doug responds: About sums it up. Letter to the Editor: ...
I Mean, No Telling
“Lambeth was the kind of man who lost his temper down deep inside. When Lambeth lost his temper, nobody knew where it had gotten to.”
The Floyd Riots as a Clear Summons for Four More Years of Trump
Introduction: If you want to know what is going on in America right now, you will need at least a couple of things. The first thing required is that you will need to be looking at it from the ...
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Discouraged by the Madness?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HapLvuPwLHg If you are tempted to be discouraged by the madness of the year 2020, with the waves of our demented culture frothing the way they do, just remember ...
Effectual Call
“He certainly didn’t feel like he had decided anything. He felt decided upon. It was more like some kind of strange revolt had overtaken him from behind.”
Postscript
Last Monday I wrote about Minneapolis Burning, and I need to add an additional qualifier to what I said there. The article got a lot of traction, and there was one section in it which was a frequently cited pull quote — which is where the qualification needs to be made. This is what I …
Happens a Lot at Big Gatherings
Looking In, Looking Out
“Lambeth’s eyes were dark to begin with, but in that moment there had seemed to be layers of black malice going all the way down . . . He decided later on that he had realized in that moment, somehow, that if you looked into eyes like that long enough, a time would come when you would be looking out of eyes like that.”