“I would like to borrow a metaphor from Warfield and apply it to the phrase ‘the lordship of Christ.’ In the hands of liberals, the lordship of Christ is like pie dough—the farther you spread it, the thinner it gets” (Empires of Dirt, p. 124).
A Difficult Imagine
“Imagine trying to prove from the Bible that God wants rulers, especially Christian ones, to pretend that He doesn’t exist—to pretend in public that they don’t know Him” (Empires of Dirt, p. 123).
Sinning Right and Left
“Incidentally, I am making this argument so that Christians may call their leaders to righteousness, whether those leaders are Republicans or Democrats. I am not assuming that only Democrats are guilty of this kind of hypocrisy—far from it. When these words were first written, the present writer was being represented in the United States Senate …
Forgiveness is Never Apolitical
“When a people sin in three dimensions, and they demand that the throne be established on unrighteousness, and they frame iniquity with a law, and they say that a woman can have her child dismembered in the womb as her constitutional right, does the Church, which its message of deliverance from sin and death, have …
Problems 360
“When you enroll in a math class, you will have math problems. Those math problems are not an argument for staying out of the class. When you resolve to follow Jesus Christ, you will have ‘following Jesus Christ’ problems. If He gives you victory, you will have victory temptations, like Gideon. If He gives you …
Not Inscrutable at All
“The God of Romans 1 is not a generic god, and He is not inscrutable. The miserable wretches described in Romans 1 only wish He were inscrutable” (Empires of Dirt, p. 114).
And No Bowler Hats Either
“We are not called to tiptoe and mime our way across the public square” (Empires of Dirt, p. 109).
Who Makes the Call?
“Just war theory is meant to be applied by those making the decision to go to war, and not to be applied by every infantryman or sailor who might be participating in the conflict. Those making the decision generally do have the facts they need to have in order to make a just decision, and …
The Priest and Levite Who Passed By Were the Holy Ones. Who Knew?
“He is living in the dream castle of Christianity, which is so far up in the clouds that it does not even need a security system . . . Boyd describes these horrendous situations in such a way that never makes me wish that the Cherokee had had a couple thousand pacifists standing on the …
Lessons After Baptism
“What happens when the king is converted and submits to baptism? What’s next in the Commission? We teach him obedience to every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. We teach obedience to all things that Christ commanded. When we lead a stable hand to Christ, we baptize him and then teach him obedience. …