It has now started. The ubiquitous goo-rot of modern thought has advanced far enough that folks are now openly calling for a new sexual ethic among evangelicals. These new advances promise to be entirely exegesis-free, which in some quarters is quite a plus. For example, see Tony Jones here. And Rachel Held Evans sobs out …
These Lust Clusters
What I have been calling pomosexuality is both a normal and abnormal state of affairs, and I should probably explain. Scripture teaches that there are two humanities, one broken and the other . . . broken, but in the process of being repaired. One humanity resides in Adam, and is in complete bondage to what …
Is Your God Scary?
No one should be surprised at the announcement that women are now going to be serving in combat roles in the U.S. military. This has been heading toward us for a long time, and the only thing surprising about it is that so many people are surprised. Now the only thing that stands between your …
On the Altar of Eight Thrusts
It is the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, plus a day, and it becomes necessary deconstruct this particular creepfest. For a generation we have been told that pro-aborts believed that this was an intense, personal decision, one made after much anguish and incessant prayer. We were told that no one took this decision lightly, …
Wendell Berry’s Halcyon Bean Patch
Wendell Berry has come out in favor of Christians laying off their hateful opposition to homosexual marriage. You can read more about it here. A few immediate thoughts come to mind. First, I trust that this will cause many Christians who have looked to Berry for cultural insght to rethink things, and go back to …
The Cutest Thing You Ever Saw
The biblical view is that human life begins at conception, and conception begins when the sperm fertilizes the egg. Human life must not be defined environmentally as, for example, when that fertilized egg is implanted in the uterine wall. We shouldn’t want the definition of life to be dependent on what other people vote to …
On Building a Potato Gun in the Garage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 13, 2013 Our office has been asked for a statement from Douglas Wilson on the news that he has been formally uninvited from delivering the prayer at President Obama’s Second Inauguration. This controversy, as many know, revolves around the fact that Pastor Wilson made a joke a number of years ago in …
Establishing Your Street Crud
One of the reasons why contemporary Christians are having such a hard time with the postmodern moment is that we have made the mistake of thinking it is based on argument, instead of recognizing it as a massive cultural mood swing. It is a mood, not a defensible stance — and when somebody is in …
The Law Part of Natural Law
Whenever we speak about the kind of law that defines a crime, we are talking about making certain people conform to a pattern they don’t want to conform to. Law in this sense is a function of coercion. This is why I am a minimalist when it comes to law. The fact that something is …
Because . . .
“You may not institute homosexual marriage because __________________________” Your pastor is being interviewed by a reporter and he has just been asked to fill in this particular blank. There are different ways he can go. 1. He can decline to answer the question for manifestly craven reasons.2. He can decline to answer the question for …