Great essay about one of the best albums of the 70’s. “Desperados Under the Eaves” has one of the greatest lyrics of all time: And if California slides into the ocean, Like the mystics and statistics say it will; I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill. This is a seriously … Continue reading Retrospective: WARREN ZEVON

The Biblical Institute of Zagreb recently had the honor of partnering with the protestant fakultet of the University of Zagreb, Matija Vlačić Ilirik, in publishing a Croatian translation of Thomas Long's The Witness of Preaching. This book is a standard seminary textbook for learning to preach, with nearly 100,000 copies sold. I was invited to … Continue reading Presenting Svedočanstvo propoviedanja (The Witness of Preaching)

When it all comes down to it, the gospel message is very simple. The creator God loved the world so much that he gave his only son, so that all who believe wouldn’t perish but would share the life of God’s new age! The Son of God loved me and gave himself for me! If … Continue reading Wright on the Gospel and the Mission of the Church

… but funny nonetheless. Did you hear the story about the college student who told his grandma and grandpa that “LGBTQ” stood for “Let’s get Biden to quit”? So his grandparents went around writing LGBTQ on everything? Their email signatures, etc? I CANNOT be the only person who thinks that’s funny. Even though it’s probably … Continue reading Too Good 2B True …

As a public service, I shall now attempt to define "woke" for all of us (myself included) who don't always know what it means. “Wokeness” exists at four different levels, increasing from harmless to virulent. At its most basic level, "woke" refers to seeing things you haven't seen before. The way you look at the … Continue reading What Is “Woke”?

So: a series of posts on race, this and the next focusing on race essentialism. A couple of observations to begin with: FIRST, black people living in America know a lot more about what it's like to be black in America than I ever will. Ergo, I don't plan to talk much about what black … Continue reading Race Essentialism

For the past couple of days, I have been stuck on this passage: Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God, who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works … Continue reading 2 Timothy 1.8-10

Tomorrow my wife and I travel to Rome, I from Zagreb by bus, she by plane from Nashville. We will meet in Rome & fly back to Zagreb early next week. Having never been to The Eternal City, we’re both really psyched about spending a couple of days there. Even the rain showers in the … Continue reading Trip to Rome

If you want to understand how "progressives" think, you should read Freddie deBoer's Substack. FdB is a brilliant writer and observer of things political and cultural. He is close enough to the progressives to see them up close and personal, but far enough away to offer clear-eyed descriptions and criticisms. A foul-mouthed stoner prophet to … Continue reading The Greatness of Freddie deBoer