“The purveyors of said doctrine (as in, like, me) believe that we are justified by faith, through faith, unto faith, on faith, under faith, and everything else a squirrel can do to a tree. All faith, all the time, all the way down.”
Yeah, LIke That
“There were a number of times where the prophets of God came out of the wilderness in order to uphold the holiness of the law, but they did so using language that struck the pious Jews of their day like paint thinner on a paper cut.”
Chestertonian Calvinism, pp. 69-70
Monocovenantal?
“If the critics mean that I hold that there has only been one covenant throughout the history of mankind, then the charge is false. God made one covenant with mankind in Adam, and He made a distinct and separate restorative covenant with mankind in Christ. So that would be two covenants, not one.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles, p. 9
No Autonomous Adams
“If Adam had not fallen, would he have been under any obligation to say ‘thank you’ to God? And when Jesus was obeying His Father, even to the point of the cross, was He doing so in faith? If He was doing so in faith, then that means the problem with the first Adam was his unbelief, and not an action that brought about raw demerit.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles, p. 8
Minimal Self Awareness
“How else would it be possible for a generation of young people to adopt the worldview and outlook of the ruling elites, all the major corporations, virtually every university on the continent, all the major media outlets, the top brass at the Pentagon, and still have the unvarnished nerve to think of themselves as the resistance.”
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 67
Plot Points
“A lot of confusion results from theologians treating plot problems as though they were math problems. But Nicodemus was a card-carrying member of the Sanhedrin, the body which condemned Jesus. And Judas was a card-carrying member of the Twelve.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles, p. 5
By the Act of Posing Itself
“You don’t identify the poseur by which pose he is copping, but rather by the participle, by the act of posing itself. A poseur can be smiling or glowering for any number of cameras. He might be a New Testament scholar, a gym rat, a hipster, a poet, or a smooth ladies’ man. He might be any number of things. We do not identify him by the costume he is wearing, but rather by the fact that he always has one eye on the lookout for a camera or a mirror.”
Chestertonian Calvinism, pp. 64-65
Whom You Have Seen
“You give the last piece of pie to God, who doesn’t eat pie, by giving it to your neighbor, who does.”
Chesterton Calvinism, pp. 60-61
Just a LIttle Zen
“We affirm a fundamental creational loyalty to the world, and constantly thwart the world’s desire to be disloyal to itself. This is why it is good to be earthy, and bad to be worldly.”
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 58
A Passive Aggressive Dragon, But a Dragon Nonetheless
“The pacifist who doesn’t want to fight the dragon for the sake of the lady is actually in the process of becoming a dragon himself.”
Chestertonian Calvinism, p. 57