“Mystic Union, despite the informative crystals hanging from her ears, was not really in a position to critique the value of Mr. Peaborne’s intelligence” (Evangellyfish, p. 126).
For All Time
“If it is important that the first woman came from the first man, it is also important (obviously) that every man since, from Cain on down, has been born of a woman. To anchor the point for all time, our Lord Jesus was born of a woman” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 69).
The Words Would Just Flow
“The physical activity of writing was nothing to him. When it came to pensive reflections of man and his existential condition (as mirrored in the experiences of Robert P.), foreign film reviews that were allowed to make as little sense as the films themselves, extended discussions of how the pert French breasts in those films …
Learning to be Glorious
“If a woman is a man’s glory, learning how to respond as a woman to a godly man is learning to be glorious” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 68).
Well, If You Want to Get Technical . . .
“Robert P. Warner II had been the kind of boy in high school who managed his injuries as a mother hen hovers over her chicks. He was a master of communicating physical distress to others, but the nature of the injury and the nature of the distress he would subsequently manifest were not really in …
After the Crash
“Before the Fall, certain motions between husband and wife were just natural, normal, right, and effortless. After the Crash (as we might just as well call it), all of us who are redeemed in Christ are going through intensive ‘physical therapy’ in order to relearn some of those fundamental motions. Just like a victim of …
Out of the Depths
“The sofa was of the old gray mare swayback school of design, and from somewhere within the cushions, de profundis, came a groan from Robert P.” (Evangellyfish, p. 120).
Look to the Glory
“Although the man leads in the dance, the result of his leading is to showcase his lady. This is because he is dancing with his glory, and the last thing in the world he should want to do is upstage his own glory. It would make no sense: ‘Stop looking at my glory! Look at …
The Scoreboard Frozen
“The more Chad exhibited control of his grades, ambitions, hair, junior high Day-timer, briefcase, and other sundry accomplishments, the more his father withheld approval. This battle between them was actually a battle for fundamental control of their relationship, and a year after Chad graduated from college, his father triumphed in their running battle by dying …
A Dance, Not a Fistfight
“We have to keep reminding ourselves lest we slip back into understanding submission as an attempt to cope with raw power. That is not it at all. Authority and submission together are a dance, not a fistfight. Moreover, it is a dance grounded in the way things ultimately are, because this is the way our …