Sermon Video Introduction: Over the years, I have mentioned a number of times that there is no good biblical reason to use the hosannas! of Palm Sunday and the crucify him! of the Passion account ...
Palm Sunday as Powder Keg
Letters and Then Some More Letters
Letter to the Editor: I very much appreciate your descriptions and metaphors of the different categories of evangelicals. But I’m more thankful for your clear vision and your courage to ...
Don’t Make Your Wife a Lesbian
Dear Dawson, If you don’t mind, I am going to repeat myself a bit. You can consider this letter as something of a summary of everything I have written to you over the last few months—with maybe some new stuff here or there. It has become something of a custom in evangelical circles to use …
Letters Like Leaves on a New Hampshire Hillside in the Autumn
Letter to the Editor: In a sermon you preached about children in the congregation, you mentioned that the word for nurture (paidea) is getting at the idea about inculturation. I was ...
So I’m No Biologist Either . . .
Introduction: Resident Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to a position on the Supreme Court. So standby for a long sentence coming up—the next sentence in this paragraph I mean, and ...
Because Letters Are Important You Know
Letter to the Editor: In your most recent blog post, which was phenomenal by the way, I found myself somewhat confused towards the end. You wrote, “The lines between these groups are not ...
Letters That Say What Needs to be Said
Letter to the Editor: I am a believer in Memphis, TN. I am at a reformed church and we have family meals after the service where members can fellowship with each other. I say this to show ...
Ghastly Simplicity
Introduction: Some things cannot be said without presupposing other things. All words require a speaker. All laws require a legislature. All design presupposes a designer. All morality assumes a standard. ...
Audio Reading of Post
Testosterone Does Stuff
Dear Dawson, We now come to what used to be quaintly called “the facts of life.” But instead of dealing with what we used to have, which was embarrassed fathers talking over sexual matters with embarrassed sons, we are now living on the tail end of a generation or more of what we have called …
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If This is Tuesday, These Must Be Letters
Letter to the Editor: Thank you as always for your faithful service to Christ. Your work has blessed and continues to bless me, my family and my church abundantly. This is in response to ...