The plea for Christians to surrender to neutrality in their thinking is not an uncommon one. —Greg Bahnsen, Always Ready (1996) Man neither is nor can be “objective” and “impartial.” All his thinking is from some fundamental starting point or...
The biblical worldview is not a fairy-tale, or romantic perfectionism, but a realistic appraisal of men with their sins and shortcomings. David Chilton, Productive Christians (1981) The true Romantic always assumes his own innocence. He believes...
Before I built a wall I’d ask to know/What I was walling in or walling out . . . —Robert Frost, “Mending Wall” (1914) One mark of a free society is that strangers can flourish economically. —Gary North, Inheritance and Dominion (1999) The Nature...
Viruses are extremely unpredictable, as the worldwide Ebola outbreak last year proved. That outbreak highlighted a significant problem, and one whose reconciliation is firmly grounded in biblical truth. Here’s what I mean: When society makes the...
Dominion, Stewardship and the Family The Dominion Mandate was originally given to man in the context of marriage and family (Gen. 1:26-28). The man was to work (Gen. 2:15) and his wife was to be is necessary helper (Gen. 2:18). He was to love...
They showed a piece of paper saying “eminent domain.” —Buckner and Garcia, Wreck It, Wreck-It Ralph (2012) Think about it: What the Court said was that the government can take your property from you and give it to someone else simply if it...
Our choices seem to be between a man who hopes to be a god and one who thinks he already is one. —Pastoral prayer, November 3rd 2012 …To withhold your contempt from men’s vices is an act of moral counterfeiting, and to withhold your admiration...
“But what about these Tree-men, these giants as you might call them?” —Sam Gamgee in Lord of the Rings (1954) The First Fantasy Story Abimelech had slaughtered all of Gideon’s sons, all but one—a young man named Jotham. When the men of Shechem...
“Jael’s actions are not only deviant and violent but socially revolutionary…” —Daniel Block, Judges (1999) “I’ve got two guns in my hand—is it okay to shoot him if he comes in this door?” the young mother asked the 911...
I say, put him to death, executed by the judgments of God upon him, as an implacable enemy to God and Israel. —Matthew Henry, Commentary (1708) Bible Stories You Never Heard Sunday school isn’t always the best place to learn Bible stories. First...
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the Authorized Version of Scripture, the King James Bible. Of course, King James Stuart of England didn’t do the translating. He did, however, arrange for one of the most skilled...
To hold one’s own life as one’s ultimate value, and one’s own happiness as one’s highest purpose are two aspects of the same achievement. —Ayn Rand, “The Objectivist Ethics” (1964) We are not our own… —John Calvin, The Institutes of the...
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