Michael Horton recently offered up a critique of something he called “muscular Christianity,” and because I was (I think) referenced in his article as being among the bad guys, I thought I should say something about it. My first point has to do with the (I think) in the previous sentence. Throughout the article, Horton …
The Emperor’s Whitey Tighties
Yesterday our president hurled himself into a frothing maelstrom of flattery and praise by taking the astonishingly courageous step of endorsing gay marriage. Whoa. There have been other thoughtful interactions with this decision, as, for example, here, here, and here, but I have not asked for a moment of your time in order to thoughtfully …
A Whipped Up Tolerance Mob
We live in a highly politicized (and therefore dishonest) culture, and this means that before you decide whether you are for or against any proposed measure, law, or pr campaign, you have to look past the language. “Hate crimes” is code. “Anti-bullying” is code. Invariably it turns out to be code for some aspect of …
Drumming Their Heels on the Carpet
Just a quick follow up note to the excitement at Indiana University Friday night. YouTube has a short clip of the the attempted “mic check” that was run on me, and if you listen carefully to their chanting, they say (in the midst of their tightly reasoned argument) something like “We believe in free speech, …
Another North Korean Missile Launch
Last night I had the privilege of speaking at Indiana University on the topic of “Sexual By Design.” There were about 350 people, standing room only. These things are hard to gauge, but I would guess there were about 1/5 Christians, 1/5 liberals who came to hear, and the rest agitators. The agitation was whipped …
Simply a World-Class Dirty Bird
Whereas I will be speaking this coming Friday night on a sexual topic (Sexual By Design), and whereas I will be doing this in Bloomington, Indiana, and whereas Bloomington is the home of the Kinsey Institute, I thought I should say a little brief something about the odd backdrop. It is a little bit like …
When Wives Say No
Contrary to the prevailing winds of our culture, our ministry has long emphasized the responsible headship of the husband in marriage, and the loyal submission of a wife to her husband. This is God’s pattern for marriage, and this is also quite enough to set some secularists to frothing. You would think they would chalk …
Deacons, Defaults, and Daughters
Allow me to place two apparently unrelated points side by side, and then make a third point with the two of them together. Let me start by pointing to a particular feature of the European debt crisis, and then move on to the stealth campaign for women deacons in the PCA via Manhattan’s Redeemer. Then …
Wind-Sniffers and Mammon Monkeys
I turned on the news this morning, and was treated to my very first dog food commericial that was pitched to “pet parents.” This is just one more weirdness in a long succession of weirdnesses, and one that, like all the others, began with a rejection of the creational norms of sexuality. The people, having …
But Not on the Sinkhole
John Adams once said that our Constitution presupposes a moral and a religious people. It is wholly unfit, he said, for any other. Now how can this help us sort out our discussions of Rick Santorum and Ron Paul? Let us set aside (for a moment) what I think folks in our circles would agree …