There is a minimalist way to do a social media bio which manages to be both wildly uninformative and obnoxious. At least to me. It is the three words that the person in question thinks best sums them up in a style possibly created by P.T. Barnum (The man, the myth, the legend). Much likeContinue reading “A Life in Three Words”
Tag Archives: Humor
Comedy Before the Seat of Scoffers
Introduction And just when I thought I had nothing to post Brian Mattson rushed to my aid with an interesting third part in his, “unplanned series on Christian conduct in the public square.” Which means I will do a second piece in so many weeks on Christians and comedy. First things first here are theContinue reading “Comedy Before the Seat of Scoffers”
Of Pharisees and Dissected Frogs
Over the past few years, really since the election of one Orange Man, it has been a pretty common refrain that late night comedy is simply not funny. Technically, jokes are made, an audience laughs on cue, but it’s joyless. The jokes hit the right pattern of a joke, the delivery is perfectly timed andContinue reading “Of Pharisees and Dissected Frogs”
Fencing the Hammer
Introduction It should be known that the Pharisees in the days of Christ were known for “fencing” the written law of God, or creating the “oral” law. The idea being if we don’t want to come close to breaking the law of God new very specific laws must be created around the written law. ThenContinue reading “Fencing the Hammer”
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
I love it when Kevin DeYoung lets his snark out. I have nothing to say today other than if you can listen to the audio version read by DeYoung do that over just reading it. https://wng.org/opinions/we-live-in-confusing-times-1648558031 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/life-and-books-and-everything/id1526483896?i=1000556152736 I wish I could write this well. Bravo Kevin. Bravo.
Haunted House of Worship
Back in the day a haunted house was verboten for the righteous, instead we participated in Judgement House… For the un initiated this was a similar tour where a group of people would be herded through a series of Sunday School rooms where a story would unfold, following a minimum of two characters who wouldContinue reading “Haunted House of Worship”
Heresy for Dummies
The nice thing about living in these fascinating modern times is that now heresy is both fun and safe. Gone are the days where you would get the old hot foot for thinking the wrong thing out loud. Sure there is still that niggling little detail of eternal damnation dangling over your head; but beingContinue reading “Heresy for Dummies”
Critical Reformed Theory
One of the recent crazes in evangelicalism has been Critical Race Theory (commonly known as CRT). Nowhere has this raged like wildfire as much as non denominational churches. Sure that thing burned through the PCA like California in July but they have been stacking the heresy kindling for years now and it was only aContinue reading “Critical Reformed Theory”
Worship Song Choose Your own Adventure
1. Arise my tenderest thoughts, arise; To torrents melt my streaming eyes. Is this about sin? Go to 2. Is this about your feelings? Go to 3. 2. And you, my heart with anguish feel Those evils which you can not heal. Is the you in this you? Go to 4. Is the you implyingContinue reading “Worship Song Choose Your own Adventure”
Calvinism by the Rules of Comedy
Introduction The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery makes the interesting point that the plot structure of the Bible is a U shaped comedy plot. It begins in paradise, descends into chaos, and ascends in paradise. Or to use the literature maxim, “In a tragedy you die, in a comedy you get hitched.” Comedic principals and instinctsContinue reading “Calvinism by the Rules of Comedy”
Southern Reformed Smoker 