“On the dance floor itself, a great seething mass of people move like maggots in a tin. With so large a number of people crammed into so small a space, it is astonishing that they is no social contact among them. Most of the pairs do not even look into each other’s eyes; because of …
Putting the Fun Into Fundamentalism
“What is the tithe for? As the church receives the gifts from members, the elders should keep in mind the three basic functions of the tithe . . . support ministers of the gospel, the relief of the poor, and celebration before the Lord. We have already seen Paul’s requirement of the first category. Christian …
First Time for Everything
I understand that a bunch of you are going to be at the Evangelical Theological Society Conference in San Diego this week (Nov. 14-16). Well, as it turns out, Canon Press is going to be there as a vendor for the first time, and they are going to have books for sale. Now I understand …
First Edition Lewis
Interested in Lewis first editions? Why not? Well, okay, maybe the price is why not, and maybe you wouldn’t want to read through it with a highlighter when you get it. But, that said, think about the investment potential. What will these puppies be worth in another hundred years? Think about that.
Baptism of Light
Peter has confessed the identify of his master. He has spoken the truth, but has still spoken more than he knew. The Lord is now revealed in His glory to three of his disciples, and the foretaste of glory helps to ameliorate the difficulties of the hard sayings He placed upon them at the end …
Foundations for Poetry
“My point here is simply that Calvinism provided a detailed chart of the spiritual life for Elizabethan and seventeenth century English Protestants, and that this map also afforded fundamental direction to the major religious lyric poets” (Lewalski, Protestant Poetics, p. 14).
Faith Overcomes the World
“God’s plan is to save through the gospel not those who are clever and learned, but those who believe. The condition of salvation is faith, not intellectual brilliance” (John Stott, The Preacher’s Portrait, p. 110).
Flaunting the Body She Thought She Had
“I enter the [pub]. Everyone is shouting, but still no one can make himself heard (which perhaps is just as well). Twenty televisions blare: eight each playing two different songs (one rock and one reggae), and four relaying a wrestling match. Ten seconds of this and one feels one has a food mixer inside one’s …
Creation Law and Redemption Law
“We may divide the law of the Old Testament into two basic categories, those of creation law and redemptive law. Creation law is that which looks the same throughout the history of the world. The definition of marriage and adultery did not change in the transition between the old and new covenants. Theft looked the …
Don’t Give the Agenda to Quarrelers
“Our case would be miserable if we were at the mercy of every quarreler, bound to answer whatsoever he please to put forth. But let us tend to our work” (Burroughs, Irenicum, p. 309).