7 September, 2007 by Matt Robison
Book 1, Ch. 13, 21
Yes, I am still “reflecting” on the same section of The Confessions as the previous Reflection. Not my fault. Blame Augustine.
He continues to lament that he wept for the characters in fictional stories while not regarding his own depraved state.
For my own condition I shed no tears, though […]

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5 September, 2007 by Matt Robison
In part 1 of the call to culture, I said that the depravity of our culture, particularly our modern entertainment industry, is solely the fault of the church.
We have retreated, pulled back our involvement, and then have the audacity to complain that everything is going to hell in a hand basket.
If Christians are not creating […]

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4 September, 2007 by Matt Robison
What’s that, you say?
That Hollywood is depraved, hardly putting out anything wholesome anymore?
That our universities are becoming bastions of secularization, just another pile of much that a Christian has to crawl through and hope to come out clean?
That you have to cover your child’s eye even during the commercials on TV?
That popular music seems to […]

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25 August, 2007 by Matt Robison
Douglas Wilson has posted a wedding sermon and exhortation that is probably dripping with more intelligent Bible commentary and insight than what leaks out of most pulpits in a month. He begins by introducing and quoting Matthew 19:4-8.
One time the Pharisees came to Jesus in order to test Him, and they made that attempt […]

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