Jason e-mailed this to me earlier in the week, and I thought it was well worth passing along. It’s important to note that this book was written in 1986 (!), long before DirecTV, reality shows, etc. and the explosion of cell phones and the internet. His comment about the truth drowning in a sea of [...]
Archive for the ‘idolatry’ Category
Brave New World
Posted in culture, idolatry, world view on November 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
To Burn or Not to Burn
Posted in idolatry, missional church on September 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I try to ignore stories like the burning of the Qur’an in Florida (which appears, according to late-breaking news, is not going to happen). Doug Wilson had some good comments, among them the following paragraph (emphasis mine): [W]hat are Christians to make of this action of burning a book, a book that we all believe [...]
How to Leave Christianity
Posted in idolatry, quotes, reading, theology, worship on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve spent a fair bit of time pondering where the divide lies between orthodoxy and heresy, that divide famously defined by J. Gresham Machen as Christianity and Liberalism (whatever the latter happens to go by; it often assumes Christian names for its gods and churches). Al Mohler is the President of Southern Seminary; he thinks [...]
America’s Idol
Posted in Art, idolatry, worship on August 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
There may be no more famous statue, and there may be no god more widely worshipped by men. I don’t think it’s well-known that this is an image of the Roman goddess, Libertas. If “we become what we worship”, as the slogan goes and as Scripture shows (see the recent fine book by Greg Beale [...]
God is turning my world upside down…
Posted in gospel, idolatry on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
below is a letter from a friend of mine to his congregation. he is a pastor of a large church who found himself in ICU for exhaustion and her casualties. his transparency is both challenging and convicting. more mercy! I am writing to thank you for your prayer and for your allowing me to speak [...]
C. S. Lewis on Idolatry (apply As needed)
Posted in idolatry, quotes on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The woman who makes a dog the centre of her life loses, in the end, not only her human usefulness and dignity but even the proper pleasure of dog-keeping. The man who makes alcohol his chief good loses not only his job but his palate and all power of enjoying the earlier (and only pleasurable) [...]
Freeing the church from “white cultural captivity”
Posted in church, culture, idolatry on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
now that i am done with my written ordination exams i am “free” to use my “free time” to read books i have been itching to get to. this weekend i made some good headway into Soo- Chan Rah’s new book, The New Evangelicalism. Rather than write up a bunch of reviews and spit out [...]
throwing away food & being mad
Posted in idolatry, Jesus, justice on June 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
today the u.s. advanced in the world cup. today i ate mexican for lunch. today i am surrounded by books and notes trying to study. today i drove my car. today i drank coffee and tea with people (not together, but both this morning). tonight i will sleep in a bed. not everyone in our [...]
the grace of limitations
Posted in addictions, idolatry on May 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
throughout my short span on earth i have been overwhelmed by many things- a dysfunctional family, consequences of personal sin, God’s amazing forgiveness, the joy of marriage, a growing family, the suffering of this world, vocational transitions, among others. new to this repertoire is realizing my personal limitations in a new and fresh way. i am experiencing [...]
God’s Image = Privilege and Responsibility
Posted in Bible, idolatry, interpreting Scripture, quotes on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Idolatry is something of a hot topic right now. Tim Keller, Greg Beale, and Brian Rosner have recently published good books on the topic and its significance for Christians. One of the real tragedies is not just what we do as idolaters, but what is done to us through idolatry. More on that later, but for now, one really thought-provoking [...]
