Hard to Argue With
When the Wall of Sound Falls Over On You
“The assembled congregation began to sing, or so the two men guessed from the fact that words were on the screen, and people’s mouths were moving, but the amplified music from up front had all of them buried. Bradford had been one or two concerts like this in his life before, but Rourke felt like he was under an acoustical rock pile. There was no break between songs, each one moving aside when its time was done, and allowing another to merge flawlessly to take its place. The whole thing was like a superbly engineered six-lane highway with two lanes merging from the right. But after four songs, the screens suddenly changed, and the band fell suddenly silent.”
The Content Cluster Muster (11.7.19)
Just Gorgeous: And more here. I Thought This Would be Edifying to Share: This Too: Reformation Love: More Reformation Love:
News Babe
“Every high profile case, there [News Babe] was with the truck, getting underfoot like a toddler on a rainy day . . . She walked briskly up to them, her blouse bouncing provocatively, as much as to say in stereo that we dare you to do anything but look at our forehead. She had a small microphone and tape recorder in a bag over her shoulder”
Restoring Sexism: The Lost Virtue
Introduction: So the Bible is a sexist book, and that fact alone should make Christians want to acknowledge that sexism has to be a virtue. And because the Bible has been assiduously ignored ...
Audio Reading of Post
117: Plastic Straws, Gnats, and Camels
This week on the Plodcast, pastor Wilson talks banning plastic straws, unpacks the greek word argos, and reviews Rushdoony’s “Foundations of Social Order”
You’ve Seen Them Like That
“The sunset was beautifully understated, and spread out over the western sky like the pale, pastel inside of an oyster shell. But it had been quite a day, and the oyster was a little annoyed.”
Down Like a Stick
My installment on Rachel Miller’s next chapter will be brief. What I want to do is explain how the structure of her thesis is hopeless, and this should only take a few minutes. In the next chapter, ...
First Batch of November Letters
Letter to the Editor: Dear Pastor Wilson, I apologize in advance bc this is a bit lengthy- brevity is NOT one of my gifts. ;) With as much vitriol as you receive on the regular, I ...
And Hence Rancid
“So-called urban music, in particular, has become little more than a cult of social deviance”
Nation of Rebels, p. 322.