I sang in a 70-voice girls’ choir from about nine to twelve-ish. We worked hard and gave good performances. We had a couple different instructors during that time, but the one I remember most vividly was Mrs. F. Mrs. F was short with close-cropped black hair and glasses, and she was not to be messed with. She was tough and biting and witty. She made us stand for prolonged periods of time (which resulted in a couple of fainting episodes—possibly why... Read more

Here is a fellow who considers himself a Christian but showed his true colors when I pressed him a little on the issue of abortion. He said “What’s the point of passing a law that just forces the unsaved to act a little less unsaved?” I responded by asking “What’s the point of passing a law against infanticide?” Heretofore he’d managed to keep his capitalization and punctuation under control, but I guess I touched a nerve. I quote verbatim. (This... Read more

Instead of an exhaustive Saturday roundup, I’ll just offer my take on a couple things I found this week while browsing the interwebs. They have absolutely nothing to do with each other, except they kind of balance each other out since one is about something good in the world, and the other is about what’s wrong with the world (HT: G. K. Chesterton). You’d probably rather walk away with the feeling that something is right with the world, so I’ll... Read more

My readers know that I don’t always agree with every word John Piper says. However, I think that he often speaks wisdom, and I thought this particular sermon clip was so timely I just had to post it. Piper is preaching from one of Paul’s letters to Timothy. Enjoy your Sunday. “There is a love for the world that makes ministry impossible. There is a love for the world that produces either the abandonment of ministry or the making of... Read more