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2021-02-19T09:47:24-08:00

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Gossip, Rumor and Superstition

Last updated on: February 19, 2021 at 9:47 am By Darrell Lackey

What are we to make of these reports: see here and here? What does it tell us about evangelical discipleship and training? What should the pastor of a typical or average evangelical church take away from these reports? How should it make them feel? Yes, I get it. What if the pastor/priest believes the same sort of nonsense? We live in a very peculiar time. We think, of course, we are modern people—and we are in a certain sense. We... Read more

2021-02-06T10:37:35-08:00

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The Privilege of Silence

Last updated on: February 6, 2021 at 10:37 am By Darrell Lackey

This post is for those white evangelicals out there who are conflicted. They are politically and theologically conservative, registered Republicans or Independents, and serious about their civic duties and their faith. They are conflicted because they didn’t really like or support Trump, or did so very, very reluctantly. They knew he was the opposite of everything they were told to support in a political candidate, but he did support many policies and views they favored. They didn’t like his tone, his anger,... Read more

2021-01-26T10:50:30-08:00

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Postmodernism Wasn’t the Problem

Last updated on: January 26, 2021 at 10:50 am By Darrell Lackey

Some conservative evangelicals and other voices are trying to blame the last four years of people believing false stories/lies, fake news, and conspiracy theories on postmodernism. I suppose at this point, given their forever link to Trump’s disastrous presidency, many excuses will now be offered. This is just the first of many, I’m sure. What they should really be pondering is why a wide swath of conservative white evangelicals were eager to believe false stories, fake news, and conspiracy theories if it meant they could... Read more

2021-01-14T13:59:20-08:00

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Epistemology Via Urban Legends

Last updated on: January 14, 2021 at 1:59 pm By Darrell Lackey

I don’t remember where I heard or read it, but I do recall the rumor in the 1980s that the corporate logo (which they eventually dropped) used by the manufacturing giant Proctor & Gamble, was a satanic symbol with all the nefarious ramifications. For quite a while, it was an urban legend. It turns out the rumor, with no basis in fact, was promoted by rival competitors, namely some Amway people. However, it no doubt had some negative impact, and the... Read more

2021-01-09T15:40:20-08:00

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Frankenstein

Last updated on: January 9, 2021 at 3:40 pm By Darrell Lackey

What we saw on January 6, 2021 lumbering from the President’s Park South toward the Capitol Building was a Frankenstein Monster finally put together after decades in the making. Just like the fictional creature, this monster will probably end up destroying its makers, and there are many. Just like it is hard to fault the fictional creature, who is, after all, brought into this world through unnatural and unethical means, I don’t place most of the blame on those who... Read more

2020-12-23T15:42:52-08:00

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Is the Narrow Door Wide?

Last updated on: December 23, 2020 at 3:42 pm By Darrell Lackey

Consider Luke 13: 22-30 22 He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 And someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, 24 “Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying,... Read more

2020-12-15T12:35:32-08:00

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Expository Preaching is as Subjective as Topical Preaching—as is All Preaching

Last updated on: December 15, 2020 at 12:35 pm By Darrell Lackey

I remember at least one pastor telling me the reason he practiced expository preaching was to avoid bias/subjectivity. His theory was that topical preaching was inherently biased because the topic was chosen for personal reasons (perhaps a pet peeve of the pastor/priest) and the Bible was brought into service to make the point of the topic (the speaker’s views on the topic, really), rather than allowing the topic to arise organically from the Bible passage. I remember attending a Calvary... Read more

2020-12-03T21:45:37-08:00

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More Election Nonsense

Last updated on: December 3, 2020 at 9:45 pm By Darrell Lackey

Doug Wilson is an odd duck. He’s sort of a cross between Hillbilly Elegy and A Beautiful Mind. In many ways, he’s a fundamentalist, but with a classical education and bent. A man of letters, but in a William Jennings Bryan sort of way. He’s a man out of time and yet thoroughly modern in many ways. He seems brighter than most fundamentalists, and yet, as obtuse as the worst. Anyway, the Trump virus, which turns apparently reasonable and intelligent... Read more

2020-11-25T17:48:18-08:00

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I Believe in Hell

Last updated on: November 25, 2020 at 5:48 pm By Darrell Lackey

I do believe in hell. I just don’t believe in hell, the way most Christians, or the general public for that matter, does. I haven’t arrived at this understanding on my own. I didn’t imagine it or think it up myself. It’s not a belief I plotted and reasoned out myself. It was a view introduced to me by Christians in history and in the present. In other words, it’s not just wishful thinking or me picking and choosing which... Read more

2020-11-10T16:09:44-08:00

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Postmortem

Last updated on: November 10, 2020 at 4:09 pm By Darrell Lackey

Well, that was interesting. I realized when listening to passionate Trump supporters and Biden supporters, when both spoke of “landslides” and “blowouts” for their side, that it was probably going to be close. Even with the polls showing Biden to be doing well, I thought Trump could still win. Thus, I slowly exhale and breath. I relax, for now anyway. For me, it’s still a bittersweet moment. Am I happy Biden won? Of course. Still, how could it be this... Read more

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