“But occasionally a phrase from the prayer book would create a little spiritual thruppa-da-da, much like what happens when you forget to put the lawn mower in the garage for the winter, and try to get it started in the spring. Nothing much there, but occasionally there might be a noise that might indicate that …
No Room for Wish Fulfillment
“We are to live by what God actually said, and not by what we think it would have been good of Him to have said” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 111).
Can’t Sell It If You Don’t Know What It Is
“His agent was working on a project for him, but said that he couldn’t do much until he had a hook or something. ‘You losing your faith? Recovering it? In between? I gotta know who to call, Chad'” (Evangellyfish, p. 216).
In Fact, It Usually Works Worse
“Telepathy in marriage doesn’t work any better than it does anywhere else” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 111).
The Sailboat and the Lighthouse
“Brian had always been thoughtful and deliberate about spiritual things, and he had been assembling the pieces for a number of years. He had been very diligent in his own way, but he was like a guy putting together a jigsaw puzzle of a lighthouse, but one where things got mixed up in the closet, …
But a Lot More Rewarding
“Why is it that learning to live with your spouse can be awkward? . . . making a bottle of fine wine is a very different thing that mixing up a jug of fruit juice” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 110).
A Quite Noticeable Effect
“The talk had been on confession of sin, and the effect of it had been the equivalent of dropping a hand grenade in your average living room goldfish bowl” (Evangellyfish, p. 209).
With Revolver Smoking
“The Greek word for ‘mortify’ here [Col. 3:5]Â is an aorist imperative — in other words, it’s telling you to put it [your earthly members] to death and walk away from the carcass with your revolver smoking” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 107).
More Than Enough Butterscotch
“This was not really supposed to mean anything in particular, but the elders were not about to press him on it. All they wanted was for smooth words to flow over them (and everybody else in the audience) like molten butterscotch, and it was looking as though they were going to get everything they were …
No Convenience Store Holiness
“There is such a thing as righteousness on the earth and righteousness within marriage. It is not the case that a backslidden Christian is under one hundred feet of water, and the godliest saint who ever lived is only under three feet of water, but both of them are equally wet. Rather, obedience and disobedience, …