Many years ago, shortly after I had begun making a nuisance of myself to the somnolent liberalism of our little town, my wife and I crossed a threshold in how we learned to deal with public criticism. I had begun writing a weekly column for our newspaper, and the column addressed … [Read more...]
Unvarnished, Ungarbled, Unfettered, Unashamed
My MA thesis was on free will and determinism -- and when I wrote it, I was an evangelical Arminian. But I lived in the world of those arguments for a time as one convinced of . . . well, I am not sure now what it was that I was convinced of, but whatever it was, it was nailed … [Read more...]
But Seriously Now . . .
The video parody of Rob Bell's for Live Wons, I mean Love Wins, has been online for just over 24 hours now, and has already topped 13,000 views. Kudos to Stephen Sampson, who nailed it, and Ben Merkle, who had just the right amount of fun writing it, and Dane Wilson who shot and … [Read more...]
Another Perspective Heard From
Robbed Hell - C.A.S.T. Pearls Presents from Canon Wired on Vimeo. … [Read more...]
Ow, Ow, Ow
Pretty painful, but in an edifying kind of way. … [Read more...]
A Temporizing Baa-Lamb
Over at Pulpit Magazine, Nathan Busenitz has given us an interesting write-up on an appearance of Mark Driscoll at the upcoming Desiring God conference. The article begins with recapping a disagreement that John Piper and I had during the Q&A at a Ligonier conference eight … [Read more...]
And Wilson, Almost Suitably Abashed, Responds
When my friend John Armstrong suggested that this publication run a critical review of my book A Serrated Edge, and give me an opportunity to respond to that review, I agreed happily. I really do believe we ought to talk more about this stuff. Then when the package with the … [Read more...]
John Frame Reviews “A Serrated Edge”
Review of Douglas Wilson, A Serrated Edge [1] John M. Frame Just so everyone will know where I’m coming from, I should say that I am a longtime fan of both satire and Doug Wilson. The former came into my life much earlier than the latter. I first caught the writing bug doing … [Read more...]
Stand By for a Cordial Discussion
A number of months ago, John Armstrong asked me if I would mind writing a response to a review of A Serrated Edge in one of his publications, and I agreed happily. After they published it, we would then do the same. Unfortunately, they were providentially hindered from publishing … [Read more...]
Sanctified Satire
With regard to our broader ministry, one of the things we are asked most frequently concerns the propriety of satire. How is satire consistent with the biblical requirements to consider others better than yourselves, to bear one another’s burdens, to love one another, and so on? … [Read more...]