“But somebody outside is still running the show. Somebody is outside the walls of all our faith communities applying the tenets of his religion to absolutely everybody. But he is shrewd enough to call it secularism, leaving out the tell-tale prayers, candles, and altars, and poof! nobody notices that it is an imposed faith system …
We Could Say No
“The zeitgeist is currently insisting that we mince our words the way Liberace used to walk” (Rules, p. 222).
Not Real Progress
“The establishment narrative — a very clever perversion of the Whig view of history, which was in its turn a perversion of postmillennialism — is that we are all of us gradually emerging from the dark woods of old-timey superstitions, and that these things take time. That gradual evolutionary emergence has us leaving behind the …
The Land That Forgets God
“What makes us forget the goodness of God. The answer is . . . the goodness of God. He gives us wealth (Deut. 6:10-12), and our minds instantly start to wander. He gives us good land (Deut. 8:7-18), and we take all the credit for ourselves (Deut. 8:18), as though we arranged it all ourselves” …
Evangelism, Not a Merger
“Reminder: copying the outside of a culture is not the same thing as engaging with it” (Rules, p. 209).
And Just as Lively
“Virtue without Christ is like a corpse without a head” (Rules, p. 209).
Because They Are Modernists
“Why do they always call themselves postmodern, and never post-Darwinian?” (Rules, p. 207).
Why Not Do It That Way?
“‘I’d rather be ruled by a wise Christian than a foolish Turk’ — Martin Luther after a few beers” (Rules, p. 207).
While Feeling Good About It
“Despising free markets is just a fancy way of disliking people” (Rules, p. 207).
Not a Trick Question
“Would you rather be a scholar discoursing about the crisis of displacement, or a country singer singing about how much you miss Georgia?” (Rules, p. 207).