“Narrative theology is important — crucial in fact. But when it becomes apparent that it is important in this world of war, both sides will attempt to seize it, and will use it to their own ends. This is why it is as silly to assume that someone is a postmodernist because he emphasizes story …
So There’s That
“For example, the invention of the printing press did lead to a widespread distribution of books. The invention of the Internet has likewise lead to a widespread dissemination of cat videos” (Rules for Reformers, pp. 151-152).
Everything Downstream
“For example, someone might want to blame the Protestant Reformation for our modern social balkanizations, but this is way too convenient, and besides, why don’t these same people thank the Protestant Reformers for indoor plumbing?” (Rules for Reformers, p. 151).
To Make the World Like Ireland
“War is declared in the third chapter of the Bible, the central victory is accomplished when the Lord Jesus crushed the head of the serpent at the cross, and the rest of history consists of believers in Jesus being sent out into the world in order to manhandle all the snakes they can find” (Rules …
Blind Philosopher’s Buff
“Without some light from God, we cannot even know we are in the dark, although lots of our modern johnnies pretend to know that, so that they may begin work on their bulging forehead workarounds. But if Kant can’t know anything ‘in itself, as it is,’ then one wonders how he figured out the limitations …
Anywhere He Said It
“You shall not suffer a witch to live, objects falling down at 9.8 meters per second squared, and nature itself teaching us that long hair is a woman’s glory are all expressions of the same personal and divine will . . . When we confess Jesus as Lord, we have to take care to listen …
Living in the Same World With Unbelievers
“Unless we hold to a covenant of creation distinct from a covenant of grace, we will have no basis for speaking to certain public policy issues of the day, like homosexual marriage” (Rules for Reformers, p. 145).
Inescapability of Natural Law
“Worship and honor were required by the knowledge that natural revelation brought. This they refused to do, in defiance of this light from natural revelation, and this light from natural revelation can certainly be called a natural law. It has all the ingredients — a lawgiver, a standard, a subject, and moral responsibility. Nothing is …
Now Hiring . . .
“So we should be in the market for young Christian men and women who are willing to be trained in genuine cultural engagement. They won’t be embarrassed by old-fashioned virtues, like hard work and discipline. They will respect authority and defy the authorities. They won’t get fired from jobs because of laziness, and they will …
No Handles on the Right
“Those who had taunted these religious conservatives for being disengaged were dismayed by what their engagement looked like, and so they began to taunt them for that. We were only to be allowed back into the public square if we immediately veered over to the left” (Rules, p. 137).