“In short, Canaan was a land filled with giants. The invasion of Canaan was a war of giant-killing, and a type of the giant-killing gospel . . . Christ became one of us, and, as a son of David, He bound and defeated the Goliath of that age (Lk. 11:21-22) . . . The Christian …
The National Guard Option
In the grimy world of politics a million consciences have been bought and sold without anyone noticing. But in the providence of God, there are occasional moments when a crisis of conscience comes for someone, and it all happens under the spotlight. At that moment the entire nation goes silent to watch what the decision …
The Gospel as Dragon Bane
“We fell into sin as a race because we were beguiled by a dragon (Gen. 3:1). God promised to send a warrior who would crush the seed of that serpent (Gen. 3:15), and He has done this in Jesus Christ. In sum, the gospel is the story of a dragon-fight. The serpent of Genesis is …
Free Will and Free Agency
No serious participant in this debate denies that men are free, responsible agents, and that they are fully accountable for what they do. There is, however, much debate on what the word freedom means. How Does the Will Operate? Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and …
Help From the Outside
Visionaries, Ralph raised a couple questions based on the reports in the newspaper that our private Christian school was limiting board membership to men only. First, the board has not voted on that proposition. The board approved presenting the proposed change to the school’s constituency, and then collecting feedback. According to our by-laws, the board …
Not Really About the Shroud
The last few days have been kind of a circus maximus on the Shroud front. Nathan was interviewed yesterday for ABC World News Tonight, and the piece showed again on Good Morning America this morning. The Associated Press article went out today, so there should be a number of notices in newspapers around the country. …
Dragons and Drains
“It is a standing rebuke for us that there are many Christians who have an open sympathy for the ‘true’ books which Eustace read–full of true facts about governments and drains and exports–and who are suspicious of great works of imagination, like the Narnia stories, or The Lord of the Rings, or Treasure Island, because …
A True Fast
In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Christ is continuing His general point that genuine Christian living is to be before the Father, and not primarily before men. The point He makes about fasting is the same point he has already made about giving and prayer. “Moreover, when you fast, do not be …
Oops
As I have looked through my notes on the Sermon on the Mount, those going with the Lord’s Prayer have somehow vanished. So the next post will pick up at verse 16.
Schindlers” List
Terri Schiavo’s parents, the Schindlers, are continuing their desperate fight to save their daughter’s life. This is a current Schindlers’ List, but there is only one name on it. As the vigil and the appeals continue, here are just a few more scattered observations. First, as Thomas Sowell observed, this whole fiasco shows exactly how …