Letter to the Editor: Tut, tut. He gets us. “The reason we drift into presenting “Christ the option for your felt needs” instead of “Christ the risen Lord” is because this ...
We Write Letters Rather Than Curse the Darkness
Two Different Ways
“When someone is growing up in a world in which he is confronted with all sorts of unfair challenges, there is a natural and sentimental reaction that wants to soften the challenges instead of hardening the challenger.”
David French & the Vapors of Civic Virtue Escaping from a Mystery Box
Introduction: In the Great Commission, the Lord Jesus told us to drain the swamp. But several thousand years later, as we live out our day-to-day lives, more than a few observers have thought it a cogent counter-argument to reply that we live in a swamp. These advanced thinkers then inform us that we have to …
Shared Iniquity
“We must find common ground in Adam. We must find common ground in our shared iniquity. That is the only way out. When we recognize that we are all one great mess in Adam, then we can by the grace of God shake hands in the second Adam—and only there.”
A Cautionary Tale
Not a Petty Problem
“Liberal bromides cannot deal with this. Feel-good gospel coalitiony group hugs can’t deal with it. Those with an impotent message have to pretend that racial animosity is really a matter of petty bigotry, because they think they have a message that can handle petty bigotry. But in order to deal with racial animosity, racial hatred, racial hostility, Jesus had to die and rise. The good news is that He did so.”
Just Being Us
“Affirmative action—another grievous white sin, just us being our patronizing selves.”
Overpromised, Undelivered
“The problem with settling scores is that they never get settled.”
And the Cosmopolis Has No Temple
“We serve and worship a cosmopolitan Christ, and there is no cosmopolis apart from Him.”
The Letter Day Rain, as Spoken of by the Prophet Joel
Letter to the Editor: Good morning Pastor Doug, I am a total stranger who is just writing to thank you, ask for God’s blessings on you, and to encourage you. My wife and I are in the process ...