Allow me to start with my conclusion so that when I wind up there at the end, there will be no surprises. The same sex marriage crusade has nothing whatever to do with what people can do sexually in private, and it has everything to do with what you will be allowed to say about …
A Theology of Apology
Life in community is hard, and life in large community is even harder. When we have angered someone we didn’t want to anger, or hurt someone we ought not to have hurt, we should be eager to put it right, and we should act like we are eager to put it right (Prov. 15:1). When …
Harder Than It Looks
In his next to last post in this exchange, Thabiti said some things that were no fun for him to say, and I appreciated him saying them to me anyway. I appreciate it as much as I appreciated the things we agreed on. He says, “I pray this post has made even incremental progress to …
Corner Rights for Tapioca
As the same sex marriage issue is now before the Supreme Court, just a few observations. It is important that we get this straight, because the next case before them concerns the right of circles to be square, and if a bad precedent is set on this same sex marriage case, the next case is …
A Good Luck Wave Won’t Cut It
As Thabiti did with mine, I would like to respond to some elements in his most recent post, and I will try to do so without getting us lost in the weeds. Every exchange in this series has been a gift from God, and I continue to thank God that Thabiti’s interaction with me has …
With Jello in My Hair
I would like to welcome Thabiti back to our discussion. I understand he was on the road, and you can’t always keep up the back and forth when you are traveling back and forth. We have both expressed our appreciation for how the discussion has fared thus far, but given the volatility of the topic …
Coin from God’s Mint
John Bunyan spent a number of years in jail, and it was not for preaching the gospel, as is commonly supposed. He was there for preaching the gospel without a licence. A lot of modern Christians, more cooperative than they ought to be, will immediately wonder why Bunyan didn’t hie himself down to the Department …
Kinkytime
I had a pastor friend ask me about a web site called Christian Nymphos, designed to liberate the heck out of everybody. I looked at it and replied to him that it looked “kind of creepy in a sad people kind of way.” And that set off a line of reasoning that I thought I …
Connected Christian Resistance
It should be easy to see that we need to dive into a complicated subject. We know that there will be turmoil when we get there, and there will be questions we cannot answer. There will be tangles. That’s all right. What is not over our head is the realization that we will very soon …
Resisting the Slavers
An issue has come up in the comments of both Thabiti’s blog and mine that I thought I should address quickly, at least if I can. I have written and spoken on this in other settings, but it appears that a few folks think it is somewhat relevant to this discussion. That is the question …