Tag: Chrestomathy

“The platitudes of the reassuring and accepting therapist are no longer adequate. The reservoir of guilt in a society is too great, and the words are too small. Nothing will do but a great crusade to rid the world of the ‘real’ evil, which will be, each in their turn, polluters trashing the planet, women being denied their rights, and so forth. These crusades are nothing other than great causes invented to give moral order and purpose to people who have previously affirmed that there is no such thing as morality.”

The Cultural Mind, p. 65

“The best thing which a husband could do for his marriage, and his nation would be to put down that copy of How to Put Zing Back in the Ol’ Marriage, and pick up John Owen’s The Death of Death in the Death of Christ.”

The Cultural Mind, p. 62

“When Jesus Christ died on the cross, He secured the salvation of all His elect. The love that He displayed there could in no way be described as an attempt.”

The Cultural Mind, p. 60

“Afflicted with pretty much everything the modern church is certainly looking around for remedies. But where and how we look for these remedies remains a function of what ails us, and we are not yet desperate enough to ask for directions to the divine pharmacy.”

The Cultural Mind, p. 59

“The average Christian bookstore, which reflects accurately what we are about, is an abundant cornucopia of bushwah.”

The Cultural Mind, p. 57

“In the meantime, modernity, that once proud heresy, has visibly started to topple. Postmodernists are running around gleefully, just like looters after an earthquake in a great city, but postmodernity’s self-confessed parasitic relativism means that it has a cultural staying power which can be measured in weeks. After the looted Twinkies® run out, everyone will be hungry again.”

The Cultural Mind, p. 56

“The evangelical world is still sitting under modernity’s table, eager for any crumbs that may fall our way. The big news down here is when some rock star or other intimates that it is possible that, under certain conditions, he might believe in a divine being other than himself, we snatch it up eagerly and feast for weeks.”

The Cultural Mind, p. 55

“When Christ speaks to the churches, the double-edge sword comes out of His mouth, and His ministers are held in His right hand as He preaches. This is what gospel authority means. Jesus speaks the Word while He holds the men speaking it.”

When the Man Comes Around, p. 14

“A revival of formal worship filled with doctrine, laughter, glory, and light would be the first step to a remarkable transformation of the nation.”

The Cultural Mind, p. 54

“When we open our Bibles to read the Word of God, or attend worship in order to hear it declared, we should feel like we are standing on a rocky beach near the base of Niagara Falls. God’s Word fills all the available space.”

When the Man Comes Around, p. 13