For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 1 John 5:4 How doth faith overcome the world? Because it overcomes all things in the world, as, on the right hand, pleasures and profits and honours, and on the left hand, threatenings,Continue reading “Christ Against All”
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The Failure of Welfare
What should we do? One charity leader said, “The important thing to remember is that we must get involved in some way—any way.” But what if many points of light are actually points of darkness? If we have a cabinet full of medicine bottles, do we recommend dipping randomly into any of them? Aren’t thereContinue reading “The Failure of Welfare”
Struggle: In the Weeks After the Death of Charlie Kirk
God sits in heaven, and laughs them to scorn. Shall God laugh, and we cry? They take counsel together on earth, but God hath a counsel in heaven that will overthrow all their counsels here. Richard Sibbes, The Complete Works of Richard Sibbes, Volume 1, p. 383 I have tried to write this post halfContinue reading “Struggle: In the Weeks After the Death of Charlie Kirk”
Pulling Weeds
“Why on earth did you come to this country to pull weeds?” I get that question a lot. I am excited when I get it. It always leads to something more. Yesterday, an atheist asked it. In the conversation that followed, I gave my answer. I did not say it with words. It remained unspoken.Continue reading “Pulling Weeds”
I Was Assaulted for Wearing a Cap
Thursday, September 18, 2025, at approximately 2:44, I was assaulted. A man came behind me and punched me in the side of my head. He called me a fascist, did a Nazi salute, and ran away. I am uninjured except for a still-lingering headache. Normally I am constantly looking side to side when I’ve gotContinue reading “I Was Assaulted for Wearing a Cap”
Rain and Warmth
There is, saith a good man, as much difference between a sermon in the pulpit and printed in a book, as between milk in the warm breast and in the sucking bottle. Yet the convenience of it is very great. Good books are the baskets that preserve excellent lessons that they be not lost .Continue reading “Rain and Warmth”
Charlie Kirk on Empathy
Do Charlie Kirk’s opinions on empathy excuse not having any compassion towards him, his family, or his supports? Does it make us bad people for saying that Charlie Kirk was a good man? Claim: “Charlie Kirk said ‘I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up new age term that doesContinue reading “Charlie Kirk on Empathy”
The Heroic Heart
The charge is frequently brought against Christianity that it bestows a special patronage upon the passive virtues, reversing the honors men have usually paid to those of the heroic type, and claiming for meekness the praise which once went to courage, and for self-sacrifice what used to be bestowed on personal force. Christian ethics, itContinue reading “The Heroic Heart”
Enjoy the Sound of Singing, Charlie
The LORD your God is among you,a warrior who saves.He will rejoice over you with gladness.He will be quiet in his love.He will delight in you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17 A gladiator stands in the arena over his fallen antagonist. He waits for the signal to spar or end with lethal violence the life of his poor victim. Thousands look on, seeing this barbarous sport, withContinue reading “Enjoy the Sound of Singing, Charlie”
Last Battles Follow Up
After I posted Last Battles, a friend from my church in the States posted a comment on Facebook (the entire comment is copied at the end of this page). I wrote this post in the hours after I saw the comment, but I asked him for permission before I responded to it in blog postContinue reading “Last Battles Follow Up”
Standing Before God, This We Are and No More 