1 Corinthians 5:7 Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; therefore let us keep the feast. Jesus Christ stands in the gap. His blood covers our threshold. He hung over our doorways so that we might enter into the holy of holies. In Him we are safe and sound. He is our feast. He is the bread of heaven, the poured out wine, and the Lamb that was slain before the foundations of the world for the sins of it. Therefore, do not neglect the feast, but keep it. No sacrifice remains except that of thanksgiving and praise. Hebrews 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God c ..read more

“The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function.” — Band of Brothers Dead men turn no tails. Those who aim to save their lives will lose them. Those who've already lost them will save them. Those trying to save their own skin turn tail, while those who've died to themselves ride it out. The sooner you accept the fact that you're already dead, the quicker you can manfully keep to your post. As long as you are attempting to deliver yourself, you are giving yourself ove ..read more

Daniel 10:19 And he said, “You who are treasured, do not be afraid. Peace be to you; take courage and be courageous!” Now as soon as he spoke to me, I felt strengthened and said, “May my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.” We cannot hear from God. We aren't strong enough to bear it. A single word from His mouth to our ears would undo us. But by His words He is able to strengthen us to hear. He is able to give us ears to hear. He can encourage faint hearts. He can speak boldness into the baffled. He can provide peace where His presence produced terror. The fear was a kind of gift and th ..read more

“The male you could have escaped, for it exists only on the biological level. But the masculine none of us can escape. What is above and beyond all things is so masculine that we are all feminine in relation to it. You had better agree with your adversary quickly.” “You mean I shall have to become a Christian?” said Jane. “It looks like it,” said the Director. -- C.S. Lewis, That Hideous Strength You can hide from men, but not from masculinity. You can insulate yourself from mankind, but not from manliness. The hands that hold the world are masculine. The One who made everything is Authori ..read more

“Love is not blind; that is the last thing that it is. Love is bound; and the more it is bound the less it is blind.” — G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy Love knows no bounds? Love only knows bounds. Love is blind? Love is light. It doesn’t overlook sin. It sees them, and forgives them. Love is love? Love is not what you make it. Love is what made you. Love is free? Love counts the costs… and pays them… cheerfully. Love your self? As though you don't already? It’s like the one thing you’re already good at. You’re a natural… a prodigy ..read more

Genesis 3:15  I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. Raising godly seed is not sitting the battle out; it is the battlefield. 1 Timothy 2:13-15 For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet she will be saved through childbearing-if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control. Being required to raise your kids is not being forbidden to fight; it is being required to fight by raising y ..read more

Quiet quitting is gay.  If you want to quit, then quit. Be a man and say it to their face. Put in your resignation. But don’t pretend to work somewhere. Work somewhere. Don’t spend your energy trying to look pro driver and fruitful. Be fruitful and multiply. Don’t draw on the benefits of employment while shirking the responsibilities of an employee. Quiet quitting is attempting to enjoy the benefits of obedience without incurring the costs of obeying. It is all orgasm and no pregnancy, all pleasure seeking and no promise keeping, all show muscle without any real strength.  Psalm ..read more

"Just as the ten commandments are summarized by the two great commandments -- love God and love your neighbor -- so they are summarized by the one great commandment before the Fall, which was to not eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge." -- Douglas Wilson, Westminster Systematics Do not eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil lest you die is to say that you should have (1) no other gods before the One who issued this clear command. It is to inform (2) how that God is to be worshiped. It is to treat (3) His Name as holy by understanding His commandments as a glory a ..read more

"When you discipline your children correctly, you are loving your grandchildren." -- Douglas Wilson, Why Children Matter A man loves his great grandchildren by teaching his children to teach their children to teach their children. If you raise your children well, you will get to enjoy your grandchildren. If you do not raise your children well, you will have to raise your grandchildren.  You do not love your next generational neighbor by failing to discipline their parents. If you are called to love those living next door geographically, you are called to love those living next generatio ..read more

"Liturgies train our loves by aiming them toward a certain telos." -- James K.A. Smith, You Are What You Love No one falls in love. Affection is not the end result of inattention. You do not "fall for" anything you haven't been preparing to embrace. You don't spend your entire life feeding an affection for virtue and then fall head over heels for vice. You do not mull over an affinity for sports cars and then fall in love with a minivan. You don't love by accident. You can fall in lust, but not in love. How we organize our days and how we regularize our delights determines our affections. It ..read more