As we deal with the accumulated toxic waste deriving from certain cultural issues—various racial enmities, mistreatment of the opposite sex, the calculated insolence of the rich over the poor, the ingrained envy of the rich by the poor—we have to beware of our limitations. There are three responses to this kind of thing that we …
The Feckless Evangelical Bridge
So there is an interesting discussion going on out there about the curse declared upon the woman in Genesis 3:16. I don’t exactly have a dog in the fight, but I might have a cat to set among the pigeons because I might have a dogma in the fight. I only ask, running counter to …
Occasions and Causes
The situation described in the following letters is entirely fictitious, including persons, names, crimes, sins, relationships, circumstances and all particulars. The kind of situation that is described, however, is all too common and my hope is that biblical principles applied to this fictitious scenario may be of some help to individuals tangled up in a …
The Apostles Creed 8: Conceived, Born
Introduction: We have been working through the Apostles’ Creed phrase by phrase, but this week I thought it important to take two phrases at once. We are talking about that most remarkable of women, Mary. If some have erred through excessive devotion to her, we are not going to fix anything by withholding from her …
When the Devil Says Checkmate
The situation described in the following letters is entirely fictitious, including persons, names, crimes, sins, relationships, circumstances and all particulars. The kind of situation that is described, however, is all too common and my hope is that biblical principles applied to this fictitious scenario may be of some help to individuals tangled up in a …
Masculinity in Trace Elements
Feminists of every stripe want to dispatch the patriarchy. Some of them want to smash it, while others would probably be content if it would just go away quietly. Now in this world of ours, the word patriarchy happens to be an all-encompassing term. Anything that preserves the scriptural understanding of a divine imprimatur on …
The Size of Basketballs
“They won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” “Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear …
21 Theses on Submission in Marriage
The teaching of Scripture on this subject is perspicuous and plain. What God requires of us in our marital duties is taught in multiple places, and not in obscure ways. We live in a time when honest exegesis is routinely threatened with calumny, and there are frequently honors and rewards for dishonest exegesis. It …
The Abolition of Woman
Introduction: One of the great novels of the twentieth century was That Hideous Strength. It is a fantastic read as a straightforward story, but that is not where the greatness lies. I would be hard pressed to come up with a more prophetic book than this one. The way things have unfolded in the six …
What Floats This Little Boat
So I have been blogging for a number of years now. I have largely figured out the writing and posting part, but honestly, between us girls, I am still figuring out the analytics part. But I have gotten to the point where I can at least make out what is generally going on. When I …