I had a pastor friend ask me about a web site called Christian Nymphos, designed to liberate the heck out of everybody. I looked at it and replied to him that it looked “kind of creepy in a sad people kind of way.” And that set off a line of reasoning that I thought I …
All They Can See Is Weather
One time the conservatives and the liberals ganged up on Jesus. They came to Him and demanded a sign from the sky. Jesus responded to them by pointing out that they already knew how to read the sky. This point is obscured in some translations which render the demand as being for a sign “from …
With a Bucket of Water
Over at The Calvinist International, Alastair Roberts responds to Peter Leithart’s response to my debate with Andrew Sullivan. Still with me? Now I shall respond! The merry-go-round has come full circle. That tree sure looks familiar. Actually, this should be relatively quick. The comments are closed over there, and this might be more of a …
Sex and Smithereens
The men who drafted the Westminster Confession believed, as do I, that a lifetime of celibacy for a man not specially gifted by God for that calling is an impossibility. They said: “No man may vow to do any thing forbidden in the Word of God, or what would hinder any duty therein commanded, or …
A Century of Sinkholes
Here are a few post mortem thoughts on the debate last Wednesday night with Andrew Sullivan. I’ll begin with some scattershot comments, and then get to others that go closer to the root of the matter. We had the privilege of having Andrew and Peter Hitchens as guests for dinner at our home, along with …
The Gist of My Prepared Remarks
Below are my prepared remarks for the debate this evening with Andrew Sullivan. I presented this (at the event) in two pieces, and didn’t quite get all of it in, but this does provide you with some idea. Good evening, all. I would like to begin by thanking the Lord for how everything has come …
The Goldfish Debacle
Homosexual radicals want to say that what they are about is simply trying to expand the size of the civil rights direct object in our sentences, when what they really want to do is completely alter the meaning of the verb. Before examining what this means for the future of marriage, allow me to illustrate …
Your Average Evangelical Squish
Chesterton says somewhere that a courageous man should be willing to attack an error, however ancient it is, but he goes on to add that there are some errors too old to be patronized. This observation comes to mind this morning as I read about the resignation of Pope Benedict. As a classical Protestant, there …
Ubiquitous Goo-Rot
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 …