Introduction: One of the things that everybody needs to be braced for is a spate of articles, books, think pieces, documentaries, and the like on the rising threat of Christian nationalism. That being ...
Bad Things, That’s What
“The principle here is that you cannot export what you don’t have, and if you try, you will only wind up exporting what you ‘do’ have. Whenever Pharisees go on a mission, the result is Pharisaism overseas. When scriptural ignorance goes on a crusade, the result is crusading ignorance. The applications to our situation should be obvious. The evangelical world in North America is doctrinally confused, morally compromised, liturgically anemic, and culturally superficial. So what happens when we take the show on the road?”
The Cultural Mind, p. 88
The Only Thing We Were Missing This Morning Were the Letters
Letter to the Editor: I saw an ad in my August/September issue of First Things for Paul D. Miller’s just released book “The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with ...
Not Just the True and the Good
“An apologist, rightly understood, is a missionary of the lovely.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 86
Straight from the Pit
Introduction: Last week, in my post on David and Bathsheba, I used an illustration to mark the difference between a Christian view of the antithesis, and a critical theory version of the antithesis—the ...
A New Category of Suberroneous
“If there is no absolute standard of morality, then anything goes, including the worst forms of absolutism. If biblical absolutes are figments of our own minds then the first thing we could do, if we wanted to be consistent, would be to hang all the relativists and burn all their houses. Of course, trying to be consistent like this is inconsistent, which, in an odd sort of way, makes it consistent again. It is kind of like looking at that endless series of the back of your head in the opposing mirrors at the barber shop. Ethical relativism is not just wrong; it is incoherent.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 85
The Authority of Baptism
“A baptized individual has the obligation to have his life point the same direction his baptism does—to Christ and to His righteousness. Many refuse to do so, but this does not alter their obligation in the slightest.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 80
Not the Epitome of Gladness
“When we look at the secularists who are the supposed experts in celebration, all we can see is that glazed-eye druggie look, clothes that hang on the body, and hair every which way. Everybody looks like they are just back from an unsuccessful exorcism.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 78
Denhollender and David, and the Question of Rape
https://twitter.com/terrigreenusa/status/1546281243435843584?s=21&t=c5TA2Qyo18NPzGMiAcVO_Q Introduction: So another tempest has arisen, again, and it is once more over whether King ...
No Kidding
“A walk through our art galleries reveals our cultural bankruptcy as few other activities can.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 77