Category: Engaging the Culture

“We appear constitutionally incapable of distinguishing sins and crimes . . . When the hounds of righteousness are in full-throated pursuit of any public sin or sickness, it is perilous not to join in the chase. These civic bloodhounds currently have the tobacco companies up a tall pine tree, and while some aesthetic satisfaction can be gained from the spectacle of Philip Morris staring down at us like a concerned possum, there really are some deeper issues at stake.”

The Cultural Mind, pp. 35-36

“If knowledge puffs up, what does pseudo-knowledge do?”

The Cultural Mind, p. 33

“When the prodigal son ran off and began spending his inheritance, he did not find himself broke after five minutes of wasting money. When the inheritance is considerable, as ours was, some considerable time may elapse before the checks start to bounce.”

The Cultural Mind, p. 29

“Christians aren’t perfect, just asleep on the couch.”

The Cultural Mind, p. 26

“Sinners don’t do well on Easy Street.”

The Cultural Mind, p. 25

“We rest for one day and are refreshed and enabled to work before Him for the other six. But the modern man wants to work for five in order to play for two, and if the union negotiations are successful, work for four in order to play for three.”

The Cultural Mind, p. 25