Theology That Bites Back
Introduction: In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the flush of that spectacular victory provided an opportunity for the secularists to make their move—and make it they most certainly ...
“They are carnal, of the flesh, worldly. They are of their father the devil. And the number that belongs in this category is too great to itemize, although we can mention a few—Caiaphas and his crew, Tomas de Torquemada, Saul before his conversion, Bloody Mary, numerous medieval managers of pogroms, Himmler as the architect of the Final Solution, the incipient totalitarianism of Herbert Marcuse and his doctrine of repressive tolerance, and of course, Stalin. There is a long chain of other names, but to mention them all would soon become morbid.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 87
“I pray that Your Spirit would unveil things hidden,
Hidden from man since the world’s first foundation.”
21 Prayers, p. 16
“The New Testament warning, delivered to the Gentiles, is [to] not become like your persecutors. Do not turn into your adversary. If you turn into what you hate, it indicates you only thought you hated their sleek arrogance of power. You didn’t hate it—you envied it.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 84
“Use this worship service, I pray, I beseech You
To unmask all falsehood by Your Word of authority,
Authority that bleeds from the side of the gospel.
I pray that the word of Your gospel would reign.”
21 Prayers, p. 14
“I pray that the text this morning would be
Immediate, forceful, and present to all.
Work in us now Your mysterious grace.”
21 Prayers, p. 11
Introduction: In the history of warfare, many a victory has been thrown away through a failure to pursue. Sometimes the victory has been thrown away entirely and other times the victor has settled ...
“If you meet a Jew who will not admit that the Jews of the first century were filled with a hot, persecuting zeal, and were the worst of the worst, then you are talking with someone who is refusing spiritual wisdom. And if you meet a Christian who is unwilling to admit that the pogram at York in AD 1190 was a Godforsaken hot mess, then you are talking with someone who is also failing at life.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 83)
“As we gather our ropes and our spiritual tackle,
Considering all of the idols before us—
Mars, Aphrodite, and Mammon, and Gaia,
Bacchus, and Vulcan, and all of the others—
I pray You would take up our worship this morning,
And make it surpass the worship of gods—
Tumble them, topple them, make them fall over,
And all in the presence of all of their worshipers,
So that they might know that You are the true God.”
21 Prayers, pp. 5-6
