“Pastor Winmore had been the pastor of Grace Reformed prior to John, the one who blew up one day in the middle of Romans 9 — an easy thing to do, admittedly” (Evangellyfish, p. 73).
The Lord’s Pattern
“In God’s pattern, in God’s glory, glory increases as it descends. In Christ, the one who has descended the furthest, all the glory of the Godhead is revealed” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 34).
Real Slippy
“He jumped down the hall and slid into the kitchen the way he always did when nobody was home. He wasn’t sure that the apostle Paul would do something like that, but there was no clear prohibition of it anywhere. And besides, his socks were slippy” (Evangellyfish, p. 71).
Marriage Between Man and Woman Defined
“The first is that you must have an explicit covenant surrounding a sexual relationship. Not everyone who is sexually united is married, and not everyone who has exchanged vows is married. The covenant exists when the two elements are there together: covenant vows surrounding a covenant union” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 33).
Fifty-Pound Heads
“He rocked back in his chair and stared thoughtfully at the picture of his family on the opposite wall, just above the sofa covered with multiple stacks of books, all of them written by men with fifty-pound heads” (Evangellyfish, p. 70).
Partaking of One Another
“This means the world is not divided between those who partake and those who do not partake. Rather, it is divided between those who partake righteously and those who partake unrighteously. We cannot go anywhere to opt out of partaking altogether. For example, a man can partake of his wife (Eph. 5:31) or of a …
Literary Dabbling
“‘I mean that you believe that Chad Lester is guilty of every sexual offense a man can be guilty of, except for the one he is actually accused of, and it makes you wonder if there is any justice in the world or, if there is justice, whether it is dabbling too much in literary …
Authority Understood
“Those men who browbeat their wives are setting everything upside down. Authority is the principle of union, not the principle of separation” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 32).
Pulpit Presence
“He looked severe enough that no one really noticed that he was not severe at all, and this meant that no one had a conscience attack or felt like they were going soft in their Calvinism because he always looked like he was being strict with them. So things were swell at Grace Reformed” (Evangellyfish, …
Which Would Be Pleasant
“Man can name what God has done, but man cannot get God to name what man has done, or is trying to do, in his own name. Legislatures or courts can decree that men can now start marrying men, and those institutions can also, while they are at it, decree that water will start flowing …