I gotta have my orange juice.

I learned from James Jordan this week that “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” is based on the O Antiphons!

I mentioned servant leadership recently, and of course we must not forget diaconal leadership (Matthew 20:28, Luke 20:27), but we should also speak of steward leadership:

The master commended the dishonest steward for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. (Luke 16:8, ESV modified)

And even of the striking slave leadership of pastors and elders:

But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. And at the time for the banquet he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ (Luke 14:16–17, ESV modified)

Aaron Renn provides interesting food for thought in his tribute to and critical evaluation of Tim Keller. This is a helpful way to process the dispute between Abraham Kuyper’s followers and Klaas Schilder: namely, that these two men wrote in different times! This enables us, with Van Til, to appreciate the work of both men. Keller is a kind of Kuyper: a brilliant and godly man, and helpful for his time; but with the coming of compromise and downgrade and bald opposition from the world, Kuyper’s (and now Keller’s) old ways ceased to work. It is not as if Kuyper and Keller do not emphasize the antithesis—far from it!—but Schilder was clearly right to do so in a new and radical way, and thus became a man helpful for his own time. I previously reflected critically on Schilder here and here, but given our current turning of the age I ought to revisit him more receptively.

There is something about our current need for radical antithesis that is so well suited to our fundamentalist baptist brothers. May God use the despised young–earth yokels of the world (among whom I count myself) to put to shame the worldly wise! Keep your eyes on Founder’s Ministries, who have been doing a good work for some time, and continue to develop and expand it.

This moment requires us to be devoted to truth. But God has always required this. Truth saves lives . . .

Taste and see that Yahweh is good!
Happy is the mighty man who takes refuge in Him.
Fear Yahweh, his holy ones,
Because there is no lack for those who fear Him.
Young lions have grown poor and hungry;
But the seekers of Yahweh do not lack any good.

Come, sons! Listen to me!
The fear of Yahweh I will teach you.
Who is the man who desires life,
Who loves days in which to see good?
Preserve your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.
Turn from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it. (Psalm 34:8–14, James Jordan)

“Atop the bell tower of the modern church the progressive clergy, instead of a cross, place a weathervane.”
— Nicolás Gómez Dávila, 1913-1994 pic.twitter.com/ZAdJCrmhl6

— Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) January 11, 2019

. . . but a failure to be devoted to truth results in the removal of lampstands:

And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.” (Luke 17:37, ESV)

I’m not interested in shofars or dispensationalism, but Christian nationalism and postmillennialism are good things, wrongly maligned. Christian progressivism is the real danger of our day.

But guys, what about equal rights for wickedness?

— Doctor Mallard, Ed.D., OBE, RFD (@ReformedMallard) December 15, 2020

The Supreme Court is the same institution that legalized abortion, leading to over 62 million deaths in America. If they can't save defenseless human lives, they shouldn't be counted on to save a rigged election.

— Roosh (@rooshv) December 14, 2020

You should read Mark Horne’s latest, and then get yourself a copy of Solomon Says.

I miss my truck:

Cars and trucks used to have bench seats so your girl could slide over and you could put your arm around her while driving and safety, schmafety, that was a far more beautiful way to live.

— Hans Fiene (@HansFiene) December 18, 2020

Wrath of Gnon is always teaching me something new and beautiful:

Our old towns and cities have been bombed, vilified, slandered and made defenseless, but in terms of outright destruction, you can't have it worse than agricultural buildings. Let's have a look at one of the most splendid typologies of European rural architecture: the dovecote. pic.twitter.com/DNoYKZuIZ5

— Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) February 20, 2018

A friend sent me this fascinating series of three videos. Perhaps you will enjoy them as much as I did: