Category Archives: Short N Sweet

The Tongue Is Never Neutral

Posted on July 1, 2009 by arator

Here’s another quote from Respectable Sins. The thing that continues to amaze me about this small book is the powerful messages that emerge out of such simplicity. It’s not just that it is an easy read, which it is. The … Continue reading →

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Missing the Mark? I Don’t Think So.

Posted on June 18, 2009 by arator

My pastor has been using Respectable Sins, by Jerry Bridges, as a guide to a series of Wednesday-evening devotional messages. I decided to pick up a copy of the book, and have found it very helpful. Here is an early … Continue reading →

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Respond Mildly

Posted on February 24, 2009 by arator

“The one thing we have no right to do is to respond to [Jesus] mildly.” Timothy Keller, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (New York: Dutton, 2008), p. 230.

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The Necessity of the Resurrection

Posted on January 20, 2009 by arator

“Take away Easter and Karl Marx was probably right to accuse Christianity of ignoring problems of the material world. Take it away and Freud was probably right to say Christianity is wish-fulfillment. Take it away and Nietzsche probably was right … Continue reading →

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