The Word cannot be Canceled

1/ Sanctified Meditation (Psalm 19:14)

Let the words of my mouth 
      and 
the meditation of my heart 
      
      be acceptable in your sight, 
      
      O LORD, 
            my Rock 
                and 
            my Redeemer. 

That verse was part of the meditation in today’s Lent Up Early podcast.

2/ Lent Up Early

This has been a great project, refreshing in a number of ways. Since that first bout with Covid (summer 2020) I’ve been sleeping more than I was used to (which is fine, the Lord gives gifts even in sleep, Ps 127:2), but: the early morning is when I read and pray and think the best.

So these earlier mornings have been a real blessing.

I’m trying to capture that blessings in the podcast, a short Biblical meditation and answering one theology question. If you are a podcaster, you should be able to subscribe in your podcasting app. If not, I think this is the best place to listen and leave a message.

3/ The Word cannot be Canceled

In the last few weeks we’ve been watching the drama unfold around Dr Schulz, and his calling attention to some of the troubling trends at Concordia University Mequon. The story was picked up by Joy Pullman of the Federalist. Issues, Etc. interviewed Dr Schulz this week as well.

Dr. Schulz and I caught up yesterday. If you are interested in the events unfolding, the two resources above are more helpful. We mentioned it, but I was more interested in getting to the philosophical and theological roots of the problem, so we spend a lot of time talking about Socrates’ arrest, how he stands as an indictment of post-modernism, how woke-ism is anti-word. We spent a lot of time reflecting on Psalm 2, and I brought in some reflections on the three different kinds of slavery from the parable of the Prodigal Son. Dr. Schulz blew my mind when he said that it was Augustine who introduced the conversation about the will into Western Thought.

Here’s the video:

Or audio from the podcast, if that’s better.

4/ Breakpoint Commentary

John Stonestreet is a helpful voice when it comes to cultural commentary. I normally listen to his 5-minute commentary a few times a week, but last weekend I listened to this edition of "Breakpoint This Week”, and four times I stopped the episode, and went back to make notes.

NOTE 1: Every worldview tells a story with four chapters: the beginning, the trouble, the solution, and the resolution.

NOTE 2: Extreme ideas are fragile, they cannot withstand questioning. The very act of questioning results in “harm” (out of necessity of the indefensible idea).

NOTE 3: The question, presented to children: “Are you a boy or a girl?” brings with it horrible assumptions:

1. You might not know.

2. You can decide.

3. Your body doesn’t give you that answer.

4. I have a right to know and you need to tell me.

(That is simply brilliant.)

NOTE 4: When we assume that the government is the only institution we have already lost touch with helpful reality.

Listen to the episode here.

5/ Intrepid Hearts Interview

Pr Peter Noble stayed up into the wee hours of the Australian night for this interview. It was a fun conversation.

6/ Bible Woodcuts

This is the best collection of Bible woodcuts that I know of (Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 240 images): https://www.pitts.emory.edu/dia/book_lists.cfm?ID=1526

If you know of anything better, let me know in the comments.

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