The next chapter, Justice Schmustice, is now available to the reading public.
Hypocrisy and the Young
This exhortation is directed to the young people in our midst, to those who have grown up in the covenant. Here is the charge. Our unbelieving culture around us likes to pretend that hypocrisy, particularly religious hypocrisy, is the special province of elderly and crotchety Christians. But as one who has spent my entire life …
To Be Consumed
The apostle Paul plainly teaches us that when we partake of the bread in this Supper, we are partaking of the body of Christ, and by this he includes the entire congregation. “For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread” (1 Cor. 10:17). But …
Steve: A Blog
My son Nate has had a web site for a while for his books, which you can find here. But he has just starting blogging about the ins and outs of writing, and you can find out all about that here.
A Slow-Moving Pharaoh
Just a quick note to (again) clarify what I am doing with regard to Sarah Palin. As I am thinking through the whole business, some have jumped to conclusions about what I am doing, or where I must be going, or they have otherwise missed the point. Stated positively, I have wanted to clear away …
Two?
A Scots Presbyterian was once washed up on a desert island, and was stranded there for ten years. Fortunately, he was a son of a hardscrabble people, and was even harder in his theology. This meant that as the years went by, his work ethic produced quite an impressive array of huts, sheds, shelters, and …
Granddaughter Belphoebe
Photo taken on a class field trip . . .
Democrats of the Shining Dawn
Just a few things right out of the starting blocks. First, I agree with Tim Bayly’s argument on the creation order and women in civil leadership. Second, I don’t really agree with Geoffrey Botkin’s argument that the Sarah Palin move on the part of the GOP is the mother of all sucker plays. I agree …
Vocation and Spiritual Gifts
What do you want to be when you (finally) grow up? If you’ve had trouble figuring out your gifts and what God has called you to do and to be, you aren’t alone. The Lord enjoins every one of us, in all the actions of life, to have respect to our own calling . . …
Scripture in Debates, Scripture on Debates
Last Friday I debated atheist Eddie Tabash at the SUB ballroom at the University of Idaho, and I was certainly pleased at how the evening went. I had debated him once before, six years ago, and would particularly like to thank Eddie for his personal cordiality — in both our debates. The Monday before that, …