This is a great insight into a precious truth from Doug Wilson: Christians are accustomed to distinguish the sin from the sinner. This distinction is good and right, but it is only possible to make this distinction because of what Jesus did on the cross. It is...
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Born to Die: A Video Reflection on the Incarnation
I had the chance to do a little video meditation on Hebrews 2:10–18, paying special regard to its connections with the Christmas season. It's part of a much longer series of videos featuring many other evangelical teachers—one for each week of the year. And my video...
Review: Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was utterly taken with this book, first to last. The philosophical portions were elegantly written, insightful, and persuasive. The anecdotal interludes about...
Can I Smoke Pot Interview 2 with Back to the Bible Canada
https://www.backtothebible.ca/indoubt/episode-044-can-smoke-pot-pt-2/
Can I Smoke Pot? on Back to the Bible Canada
I enjoyed this first of two conversations with Isaac Dagneau of the indoubt podcast. I got to drive up to gloriously beautiful Abbotsford, B.C., to do the interview—only an hour and twenty minutes away from my house. Second one next week.
My New Book on the Shaun Tabatt Show
Can I Smoke Pot? Marijuana in Light of Scripture
My new book is out. My co-author Tom Breeden formed the initial structure of the argument and wrote the first draft. It was my job to make that draft sing with illustrations and style, though I enjoyed working with Tom so much that in the end I was able to contribute...
What Happens in Greenville…
This post is not for all readers, just for those who have attended Christian universities in Greenville, South Carolina. Of which there are two. And kind of three. And there are seminaries there. All of which helps make my point. Soapbox 1 Greenville, South Carolina,...
Can I Smoke Pot? Live Interview Wednesday, Sep 14 at 11:05 Eastern
Tomorrow (Wednesday), Sep 14, from 11:05–11:30 a.m. Eastern, I'll be on Kevin Boling's live, call-in radio show talking about the new book I co-authored with my friend Tom Breeden, Can I Smoke Pot? Marijuana in Light of Scripture. I've been surprised to see how much...
Christian’s Dangerous Book
Reading can be dangerous because a good book never leaves you unchanged. That was certainly Christian’s experience in the famous story of his Progress away from his hometown, the City of Destruction, to the City of God, the Celestial City. Christian’s book was...
Review: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg My rating: 2 of 5 stars [Please note that some of the varnish has been removed from the following opinion, and I think I got down into the wood grain.] Since people are just complicated...
Love Does Not Equal Tolerance of Whatever You Want to Do: A Prooftext
I like it when people think clearly enough to advert to their epistemological controls, their critical foundations. I think it's a rare gift in a world in which most educated people seem to hold tightly to moral relativism and scientistic absolutism at the same time,...