Category: 500 Words

  • The Iron Marshall

    The Iron Marshall

    Red grinned at him. “You spin a good yarn, Marshal, but, you know, we didn’t figure any of it was worth throwin’ a loop over.” “I can carve it on your headstone,” Shanaghy said. “What?” “He asked to be showed; we showed him.”” “Hey,” Red said, “that ain’t bad! I’ve seen men buried with less.”

  • Showdown at Yellow Butte

    Showdown at Yellow Butte

    The gun came up and Fessenden seemed to lean forward with it. Kedrick triggered. The shot nailed Fessenden through the chest again. The big man took a fast step back, then another. His gun slipped from his hand, and he grabbed a glass from the bar. “Gimme a drink!” he demanded. Blood bubbled at his…

  • The Man from Skibbereen

    The Man from Skibbereen

    Crispin Mayo had a wish to walk the high land with be company of eagles and the shadow of clouds, so he strode away to Bantry Bay and shipped aboard a windjammer as an able-bodied seaman. It was his first woyage on such a vessel, although he had fished upon deep water since childhood, and…

  • Responding to Tom Hicks on Theonomy (1/16)

    In his blog post, Why is Theonomy Unbiblical?, Pastor Tom Hicks sets out to provide a critique of the theonomic position. He defines this as “all civil governments are obliged to enforce Old Covenant judicial law, together with its penalties, but civil governments are not permitted to enforce any law not prescribed in the Old Covenant…

  • The Ferguson Rifle

    The Ferguson Rifle

    It needs two to make a peace, but only one to make an attack.

  • The Ferguson Rifle

    The Ferguson Rifle

    Yet it was not the Mosaic Law that guided me, but my own intelligence.

  • The Ferguson Rifle

    The Ferguson Rifle

    As long as one travels toward a promised land, the dream is there, to stop means to face the reality, and it is easier to dream than to realize the dream. (17)

  • Saying ‘See Ya Later’ To My Son

    Saying ‘See Ya Later’ To My Son

    After diagnosis, Jude often wondered if he would die. I never said, “Of course not! Don’t think like that.” All men die. We must not treat death like the imaginary boogie man under the bed. It’s real for all of us yet does not have to be feared (Hebrews 2:15). We overcome fear of death…

  • The Fourth Commandment, Corporate Worship, and the Strength of Culture

    The Fourth Commandment, Corporate Worship, and the Strength of Culture

    Corporate worship services at our church begin with a call to worship. A passage of Scripture, usually taken from the Psalms, is read aloud reminding the congregation of God’s invitation to worship and give thanks. We come before the Lord responsively, not presumptively. What’s interesting about those invitations to worship is they sound more like…

  • Mild Religion and the Threat to Civilization

    Mild Religion and the Threat to Civilization

    The man with “mild religion” has no interest in obedience to Christ. He’ll occasionally show up to church, shirt collar in the clutches of his momma, wife, or girlfriend, but he has no passion for honoring Christ by the way he thinks, talks, or behaves.

  • Developing the Christian Virtue of Intolerance

    Developing the Christian Virtue of Intolerance

    It honors Christ when you cultivate a godly hatred for false worship, evil thinking, and godless living. Speaking as Earth’s King, Jesus said, “Whoever is not with me is against me” (Matthew 12:30). Either you actively promote Christ in worship and life, or you are his enemy.

  • Only the First Commandment Makes Men Equal

    Only the First Commandment Makes Men Equal

    Apart from God, there will never be any sort of true human equality. It is only “under God” that men become equal. “The law is no respecter of persons, because God is no respecter of persons. He is the Father of both the humble and the proud.”