When something is unruly it is untamed, uncowed, undisciplined. The New Testament uses this word (akataschetos) for the tongue, which no one can tame — an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. In case we let down our guard, we have to remember that this creature, the tongue, is full of deadly poison. When we …
A Minister’s Family
“We ought to be such husbands that every husband in the parish may safely be such as we are. Is it so? We ought to be the best of fathers. Alas! some ministers, to my knowledge, are far from this, for as to their families, they have kept the vineyards of others, but their own …
Cool Christianity: Oxymoron #72
“Cool Christianity indulges in a similar feedback loop. Cool Christianity projects a Christian variant of cool that is identical to—but for the most part flies under the radar of—cool’s cultural centers. Accordingly, most cool Christianity is an internal performance for our own consumption. We create it to feel better about ourselves” (Paul Grant, Blessed Are …
Nice and Nasty Sharia Bits
The real problem with Rowan Williams’ acquiesence to Sharia-creep in the UK is not so much the fact that he did so. He is the archbishop — that kind of thing is his job. Theodore Dalrymple points to the “opacity of the language that he habitually employs” and correctly identifies the problem with it. “There …
Canon Press Blog
Canon Press has started up a blog, which you can check out here. A lot of good info there.
When God Drops the Rope
If we hear a word enough, we think we know what it means. We live in a Christ sub-culture that has strongly emphasized the need to be “born again.” Without denying this need for regeneration at all, we still have to place the reality in a biblical context, lest we turn it into something entirely …
Unstable in Trial
James tells us that a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways (Jas. 1:8). The word for unstable is akatastatos, and in this context it refers to a man who cannot thank God for trials. A few verses before this, James has famously stated that if a man lacks wisdom, he should ask God …
Take It Easy
“Little learning and much pride comes of hasty reading. Books may be piled on the brain till it cannot work” (Charles Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 177).
Busted
“You don’t wear shades because the future’s so bright. You wear shades because your eyes betray you” (Paul Grant, Blessed Are the Uncool, p. 42).
Why We Should Rather Not Become An Obama-Nation
Whether we like it or not, our understanding of Scripture (or lack of understanding) is a central part of our public policy debates. There will be more on this in an upcoming discussion of N.T. Wright’s unfortunate backing away from some of the central public ramifications of the faith, which he did in the aftermath …