Compensatory Crusades
“The platitudes of the reassuring and accepting therapist are no longer adequate. The reservoir of guilt in a society is too great, and the words are too small. Nothing will do but a great crusade to rid the world of the ‘real’ evil, which will be, each in their turn, polluters trashing the planet, women being denied their rights, and so forth. These crusades are nothing other than great causes invented to give moral order and purpose to people who have previously affirmed that there is no such thing as morality.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 65
Transactions and Covenants
Dear Darla, One of the hurdles that modern young women have to get over with regard to their thinking about marriage is the apparent transactional appearance of it. There is that surface appearance to begin with, and the plausibility of the charges leveled against it by the feminists have seeped into the backs of more …
A Different Kind of Marriage Book
“The best thing which a husband could do for his marriage, and his nation would be to put down that copy of How to Put Zing Back in the Ol’ Marriage, and pick up John Owen’s The Death of Death in the Death of Christ.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 62
Or An Honest Try
“When Jesus Christ died on the cross, He secured the salvation of all His elect. The love that He displayed there could in no way be described as an attempt.”
The Cultural Mind, p. 60
Letters B Here
Letter to the Editor: " I do not know what possessed him to strangle the SCOTUS nomination of Merrick Garland in the cradle . . ." Under the circumstances, where are the metaphor police, ...
Roe Reversal Rainbow Month
Introduction: Last Friday the Supreme Court dropped its 5/4 ruling in the Dobbs case, effectively reversing the infamous Roe decision of 1973. Their decision ended 49 long years of political heartbreak, ...
Glory, Glory, Glory to God
Before reading our text for this morning, I cannot let this moment pass unremarked. As you have already heard in the exhortation, this last Friday the Supreme Court reversed their infamous Roe decision of 1973. That makes this our first post-Roe worship service. And if you are not yet fifty years old, this means that …
The Necessity of Cultural Engagement
These are my notes for my plenary address to the ACCS convention IN Dallas, 2022. Introduction: The central reason why we want the education we provide to be rooted in the ground of Scripture ...