“When these passages are considered together [Is. 19:16-17; Jer. 50:36-37; 51:29-30; Nah. 3:13], we should conclude that a standard way for the prophets of God to tell a people that their military might has failed them is to say that their warriors have come to the point where they fight like women. A legitimate conclusion …
Women and Hierarchy
“In the hierarchical and biblical view, the relationship of women to men is first familial, and then as a consequence, a larger (and very complex) cultural and societal relationship between the sexes emerges. This means that wives are to submit to, and provide help to, their own husbands (and no one else). As a result …
Uppity Calvinist Women
Visionaries, In his great book Orthodoxy, Chesterton once said, “This began to be alarming. It looked not so much as if Christianity was bad enough to include any vices, but rather as if any stick was good enough to beat Christianity with.” The aptness of this observation is seen in the following missive from Angie: …
Feminism Rips Off Women
“The cultural discipline of honoring women is very important. It is no accident that feminists have succeeded in getting women treated ‘equally’ with men, and now that women are no longer singled out for honor, that the men around them just go with their lusts. The results have not been at all favorable for women. …
Relativism and the Mistreatment of Women
Dear visionaries, Susannah’s questions presuppose a foundational solidarity and allegiance between all men, based on gender alone, and a solidarity of all women, based on gender alone. But there are other factors affecting what she lists, things like suspect statistics, Hinduism, famine, wars, etc. But when it comes to those things that really are done …
Letters That Are Going to Be Answered
Letter to the Editor: I write this in good faith seeking knowledge after recently coming across a sermon by Pastor Brooks of Pilgrim Hill. I decided to listen to it while working one day ...
Hayden and Danis
We live in an egalitarian era, a time of great impudence, when our surrounding culture wants to flatten everything. This is done in the name of lifting up the lowly and oppressed, but like all humanistic devices, it actually winds up tearing down instead of lifting up. If you hate the inequality between rich and …
My Musical Career, Such as It Was
I grew up in a musical home, sort of. Neither of my parents played any instruments, but music was quite important to them. This came out primarily in their love of hymns and gospel songs. They also had ...
FebLetters, Let Us Call Them
Letter to the Editor: Is it wise or even right for Christians to be cremated? I have heard Christians from both camps with the general arguments for cremation of being "good stewards" financially, ...
Infighting and Those Reservoirs of Guilt
Introduction: There are two ways to approach this kind of thing. One is to lay out your premises, and slowly work up to your conclusion, showing your work as you go. People can then struggle ...