And Feelings began to teach the multitudes, and the people followed them gladly, for they taught with authority, and not as the Facts (Gospel of Thomas, Menopausal Skateboarder’s Study Edition). The feelings that will really get you somewhere these days, at least at places like the University of Missouri and the rest of America, are …
Defending the Trannykid
In addressing the topic of child sexual abuse, we must begin by distinguishing between abusers who represent the system and abusers who work free lance. The free lance abusers are usually despised by all, but the despisers frequently support outlandish systemic abuse themselves, and to such an extent that if anyone objects to the abuse, …
Hard Objects, Hard Hearts & Hard Thinking
Let us begin with the principle. In a fallen world anything that is hard, or that has a hard edge, can be used as a weapon. We don’t know what Cain used to murder Abel, but it could have been something as simple as a rock. Complications set in when we realize that many good …
Their Plans for the One Hundred
The issue before us in the midst of this cultural meltdown of ours is not how many bad things happen to how many Christians. That kind of thing happens far too much, and it is a problem in its own right. But it is not THE problem. The problem is the docility or tractability of …
Reviewing the Film Game Film
Let me say at the outset that we are small players, and that we know it. Nothing said here changes our awareness of who David is and who Goliath is. That said, here are some (industry standard) numbers for opening night: The Free Speech Apocalypse was #33 overall in the country. There were hundreds of …
A Theology of Slut Walks
A great deal can be learned if we just take the effort to make sense out of things that make no sense. Of course, we can never make sense of the nonsensical, by definition, but we can learn why things that make no sense are nonetheless happening. Every absurd conclusion is, at some level, a …
Feminism in Denial
A few days ago, I tweeted this: “We have really gotten messed up by our servant-leaders, b/c we think we are to lead by serving instead of serving by leading.” Some consternation ensued, with some people liking this fine, sending it on down the twitter-road, with others thinking that it explained everything about me that …
On Planting Black Damnation
The judgments of God are organic. That is, they do not operate in a mechanical way, as though dispensed from a vending machine. But they do operate in predictable ways, ways that we should be able to anticipate. We understand seedtime and harvest, and so we should also be aware that it is not possible …
A Nine-Pound Sledge in the Freezer
As many of you know, some of the CMP videos had been blocked by a judge, but a few days ago someone — another hero — hacked the videos that had been withheld from us, and they are now available. I have embedded one of them. In the course of the video, the presenter reads …
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 …