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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
Identifying the Real Threat
“The Founders did not establish this Constitution to protect future generations from the British. We already had our independence from Britain. They did all this to protect future generations of Americans from Americans.”
American Milk & Honey, p. 162
Full of Tinder
“Father, give me to know and help me to see
The whole world full of tinder, as truly combustible,
And to see Your bright Word as unstoppable flame.”
21 Prayers, p. 63
Your Killing Spirit
“Father, my Father, keep me from sinning
Or grieving Your Spirit in my thoughts or behavior.
Put right within me what needs to be right,
Directed and led by Your killing Spirit,
In line with Your heart, Your words, and Your Spirit.”
21 Prayers, p. 62
Glory Days
“The popular expressions of American exceptionalism are as old as dirt. There is nothing new about top dogs vaunting themselves over their top dogginess. This is the most unexceptional form of exceptionalism possible. This high school has been here for many decades, and nobody currently knows who the senior class president was twenty-five years ago. Nobody knows because nobody cares.”
American Milk & Honey, p. 160
Rightly Ordered Affections
Dear Gavin, In my last letter, I pointed to the fact that our variegated loyalties can be hard to define, and difficult to keep straight. As Christians we have a standing obligation to keep them ...
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Under the Blessing
“The YHWH who dispenses Deuteronomic blessings on His people is thereby identifying who his people actually are. Let the true Jews, the Jews who are Jews inwardly, by the regeneration of the Holy Spirit (Rom. 2:29), be the ones who walk under the grace of all His covenant blessings.”
American Milk & Honey, p. 158
Low Door
“I pray I might find the doorway of grace,
Finding at last the low door to high heaven.”
21 Prayers, p. 59
March for Letters & Letters for March
Letter to the Editor: Re: Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean In addition to imagining that Oliver Cromwell re-admitted the Jews to England (Cromwell’s plan was obstructed under the ...