Introduction: American Christianity has lost its prophetic voice, and the reason this has happened to us is that we have lost our prophetic eye. If we truly saw as we ought to see, then we would be ...
The Coming Collapse of Secular Man
Introduction to Truth: Pilate dared to ask his famous question—what is truth?—when the incarnate Truth had been arrested and was standing right there in front of him (John 18:38). Jesus had just ...
In Which Time Magazine Reports That We Have Always Been at War with Eastasia
Introduction: Time magazine has published a remarkable piece, one which might leave more than a few sensible observers gobsmacked. It is a piece which acknowledges all manner of jiggering with this ...
But a Little Cloud
Introduction: One one occasion the Roman emperor, Julian the Apostate, told the people of Alexandria that they could choose another bishop for themselves, but that Athanasius had to leave Alexandria. Athanasius encouraged his friends by telling them that Julian was “but a little cloud” that was going to soon pass over. And this confidence from …
A Word of Encouragement for Terrible Times
Introduction: Those who love the Lord, and who love His Word, are confronted every day with the spectacle of a world that seems hellbent. The rebellion against sexual reality is robust and ongoing, ...
Tell It Not in Gath
Introduction: There is little doubt in my mind that America is currently being chastised by the Lord, and He must have sent a great angel of frenzy upon us to do it. One of the evidences of such chastisement ...
Aphorisms for a Tedious Week
You cannot invoke the gods of chaos without getting the gods of chaos. Offended by the president’s lack of basic decency, the respectable leadership of official Washington has declared that it was time to race him to the bottom. Turns out they show remarkable talent for it. Official Washington lecturing the president on his lack …
The Gods of Civil Unrest and Jesus Mobs
Prolegomena to the Preamble to the Introduction: I suppose I need to say, right at the outset, that this blog post is something of a beast. You might say it is a little hefty. But this happened for ...
Coming This Summer
I will have a good deal to say about this in the weeks to come, but I wanted to make one crucial point before the day was over. It is a point that will have to be made repeatedly, so we might as well start making it now. All the conservatives who condemned this last …
Illegitimate Times
Introduction: So it is looking as though one way or another we are going to have to learn how to live under a government we believe to be at bottom illegitimate. And that looks to be the case no matter ...