“Rascal hearts find the wrong thing to do at the wrong time just as sure as raccoons find the garbage cans” (Empires of Dirt, p. 202).
From the Digital Mailbag
Trump, Naturally: I didn’t vote for Trump in 2016. If things continue on the current course, I can see myself likely pulling the lever for him in 2020, especially considering the neo-socialist, pro-Molech, non-binary gender alternative the opposing party is likely to put forward. CSarge Yes, I agree that this is the issue before us. …
A Different Ground of Confidence
“I believe that things are getting better over the long haul because of the prophet Isaiah and the Psalms of David, and not because Christianity Today, InterVarsity Press, and the Presbyterian Church in America have inspired me by a rock-ribbed biblicism that grows stauncher by the year” (Empires of Dirt, pp. 201-202).
Principles and Methods
“So if one man wants to drive to the East Coast in a Ford, he has more in common with a man who wants to do the same thing in a Chevy than he does with another man driving to the West Coast in a Ford. Couple this with the fact that it is possible …
That Unthinkable 2020 Election
So let us review where we are. For my entire adult life (and I understand the pattern started earlier than that), the received wisdom has been for Republican candidates to run to the right and govern to the middle. Virtually everyone did this, whether because that was where their heart actually was, or because they …
Preaching, Not Rearranging
“Ezekiel was told to preach to the bones, not to line up all the femurs in a tidy confessional row. As Lloyd-Jones said about some ecumenical endeavor or other, ‘Putting all the ecclesiastical corpses into one graveyard will not bring about a resurrection” (Empires of Dirt, p. 199).
Usually Stone Cold
“What happens when the fire goes out a generation or two later, and the altar is still there? The natural response is to try to fix things by decorating the altar, bringing in embellishments and bronze gewgaws galore. But without the fire, a decorated altar is still a cold one” (Empires of Dirt, p. 198).
Check the Back Seat
Another Swing of the Battering Ram
“What are we doing? We are besieging strongholds, and the citadels of unbelief will fall. Every sermon is another swing of the battering ram, every baptism is an engine deployed to overthrow the devil, and every administration of the Supper is an inexorable offer of wine for the forgiveness of the world and bread for …
Running to Win
“All the nations of the earth will stream to Christ. It is unbelief to place the fulfillment outside the course of history, to hold that the promises to the nations will only come to fruition when the nations are no more . . . What I am trying to do is persuade Christians that we …