“Most of them [chapters] were written for the blog Blog and Mablog. Special thanks should go to the owner of that blog, a fellow who has always treated me like a true gentleman.”
The Light From Behind the Sun, p. 2
More Like Tumult and Convulsions
“Reformation and revival will not happen to the background noise of polite golf applause.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 150
Sincerely Yours, November
I would like to thank all of you for your robust participation in this, our fourth No Quarter November, and this includes all of you—from those who left comments, to those who obtained free books, to the editors of The Guardian, whose crackerjack reporting discovered that people in Christ Church have paying jobs, down to …
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And Then Really Encrusted
“Too many times believers assume that if one’s good, then two’s better, and over the centuries the worship of God gets progressively encrusted with the barnacles of devotion.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 141
Life in Girl World
Dear Dawson, Thanks for contacting me. I actually wasn’t that surprised to hear from you, but I was perhaps a little surprised at how much detail you were able to provide. You have clearly done your homework, and I am glad you are working through these issues. You are clearly taking things seriously. Dealing with …
Third Circle
“Decadent cultures are sensate cultures, and they want distractions. They want to be impressed with things like the halftime at the Super Bowl—which for a thoughtful person resembles something from Dante’s third circle.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 139
The Letters B Good
Letter to the Editor: Speaking of wuss-supremacy . . . I am in the PCA in the St. Louis area. In fact, I served as a RE on a Presbytery “Complaint Review Committee” regarding Revoice. ...
On Wuh-Supremacy
Introduction: You might be tempted to think that we live in a time when all sorts of things have busted out all over. You know—riots, woke churches, COVID, masking orders, a rumored new album ...
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Or He Won’t Know the Way
“He who preaches to the inner life of others must himself have had an inner life.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 196
Liturgy that the Cat Drug In
“There have been churches where the organist thinks that God will be most honored if he, the organist, shows up with pink slippers with tassels on them. There is a toney, nose-in-the-air, tall steeple, moneyed attitude that is, as far as the Holy Spirit is concerned, just another thing that the cat drug in.”
Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 138