Introduction: Isaiah is one of the great prophetic works of the Old Testament. Majestic in scope, lofty in vision, tenderhearted with regard to sinners, and powerful in application, the prophet Isaiah is frequently cited by New Testament authors. With the exception of the Psalter, no book had more influence on the New Testament than this …
A Greco-Roman Milieu Participle
Jory Micah has kindly taken up the challenge presented by my recent post on Love and Respect over at Desiring God. I would like to return the compliment, making me a complimentarian, and I would like to return the compliment with all my heart, making me an extreme complimentarian. I begin this way because Jory …
Hammering Some Cold Iron
One of the developing memes in my recent controversies is that I like to wax eloquent when writing about sovereign and efficacious grace, but that I do this because I am all about grace for the repentant abuser. Big time grace for the victim, not so much. This is a charge that is wildly, uproariously, …
A North Korean Line Dancing Contest
About three years ago, Nancy was invited to speak at a women’s retreat in Bloomington, Indiana. We hate being separated, so I tagged along. The retreat was sponsored by a church pastored by a friend of mine, and so the thought occurred to somebody that I could also do some event while I was there. …
A Different Kind of Deplorable Word
There are a number of ways in which all the important subjects in the world are actually all about the same thing — God and man, sin and salvation. That being the case, there should be a number of ways in which the subjects that have occupied a good deal of space on this blog …
Caleb and Jacqueline
We know that God is the Creator of all things, but we should also pay closer attention to His methods, the way in which He creates. One of the things we can see in Genesis is that He delights to create in the first instance, and then He loves to take a second pass. And …
Just Between Us Girls
Introduction Comes now Rachel Miller, she of the quantitative analysis fame, and attempts a drive-by post at The Aquila Report. She wants to know what people like about me. This is, it must be admitted, a difficult question to answer, and so we must give it our full attention. Let us put our thinking caps …
Further Response to Karen Swallow Prior
What I would like to do, Lord willing and the crik don’t rise, is respond to Karen Swallow Prior’s objection to my pretty women post in a bit more detail, and then take a moment to respond to Rachel Held Evans’ objection to the fact that Prior even engaged with me. First, I want to …
Yay, Constructive Engagement
Allow me send you over to Karen Swallow Prior’s critique of my observations on beautiful women, which can be found here and here. She provides an example of thoughtful engagement, as opposed to what frequently happens to me on such topics. I appreciate it very much. I will probably respond more fully when I have …
Here Endeth a Beautiful Woman
Among those who comment regularly on my blog, I have a bullpen of sorts, made up of astute volunteers, who are good and faithful readers of what I write. In the enormous comment thread that broke out under my Cinder Block post, I wanted to highlight one of them. This is from Gianni, who gets …