Tag: faith
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Preaching on Negative World in 2003: Lessons from Jonah
Going through some old work of mine, I found an unfinished/unedited collection of sermon on the book of Jonah, preached when I was at Auburn Avenue in Monroe, LA in the early 2000s. Uri Brito and I eventually published a short commentary on Jonah, but prior to that I had been planning a much longer…
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A Note on the Bryan Chapell Debacle
I was asked my opinion on this on X, so I gave it: I have some friends and some old FV enemies on that list. But I respect many of the guys who opposed me over FV far, far more than I respect Chapell after this. At least those men were forthright about what they…
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John Knox and Liturgical Nationalism (and other notes on races, nations, and ordo amoris)
Once again, I have created a stir on X. Here, I will give the original post and then my repsonses to various criticisms (if they can be called that), along with a some additional thoughts. — “Give me Scotland, or I die.” We should think and pray like John Knox. Knox prayed for the Lord…
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Racism, Nationalism, Empathy, Ordo Amoris, Meritocracy Pros and Cons, and Other Miscellanies
Some older and more recent material, mostly from X: — From fall of 2024: America has never been more divided than we are right now. Someone might counter, “But what about the Civil War, when we literally divided into two nations, 3,000,000 men went to war with each other, and 700,000 were killed? What about…
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Notes on Proverbs, Ephesians, Liturgy and Other Miscellanies
Sin is the self turned in on itself. Faith is the opposite of sin — it’s the self turning away from the self to God. —- Christians, a reminder: Jesus cancelled every funeral he ever attended. He will reverse your funeral, too, at the last day. The gospel in its new covenant form was first…
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Political Theology and the Principalities and Powers – Quotes and More
From Oliver O’Donovan’s book The Desire of Nations, summarizing the meaning of Christendom: The more the political character of Israel’s hope engages us, the more we need to know how it has actually shaped the government of nations. The more the problem of our own modernity engages us, the more we need to see modernity…
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The Cultural Power of the Church
An X post from February 2025: The goal of the church is never cultural influence or political power in themselves, but faithfulness to Jesus Christ. However, churches that are faithful to Christ will find their influence and power increasing over time. God blesses faithfulness. Churches that seek power and influence in themselves will compromise to…
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Satanic Accusation: The Devil Doesn’t Fight Fair
An X post from October ‘24: One of Satan’s favorite weapons to use against the church is false accusation. There are plenty of examples of Satanic false accusation in Scripture. Pharaoh and Abimelech make false accusations against Abraham; Potiphar’s wife falsely accuses Joseph; Job’s so-called friends make false accusations against him, following Satan who did…
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Movements that do not police themselves are bound to fail.
An X thread from October ’24: It is crucial to understand the times and to understand the Scriptures. Many Christian movements have fizzled out quickly because their leaders misunderstood the cultural situation. Or, the movement got traction, grew, and became influential, but did damage because it was more culture-shaped than Scripture-shaped. An example of the…
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Worship before Warfare. Liturgy before Dominion. Consecration before Conquest.
An X post rom January ’25: Before Joshua could conquer the land of Canaan militarily, politically, and culturally, Abraham had to conquer it liturgically. Abraham toured the land of Canaan, building altars, places of worship, which laid the foundation for the conquest to come. Liturgy is the basis of dominion. The key to cultural transformation…
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