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American Woman, Stay Away From Thee!

My friend Dana Tuttle has another book review for us. If you have followed any of her reviews, you have probably picked up on her proclivity to read about executed housewife theologians. Dana has now moved on to American soil and the plot thickens. While we certainly would not agree with Mary Dyer’s theology, her […]

Mortification of Sexual Chaos

It’s that time again, for your mid-week dose of Mortification. This week Todd, Carl, and I rant a little about all the sexual chaos that we now have to navigate through in our culture. There’s the new challenges to acceptable gender labels, what biblical femininity and masculinity entail, and how the church can minister to […]

“The Truth is Never Sexy”

“So it’s not an easy sell.” These are two lines from the song “Nobody Loves Me” by Derek Webb. Sometimes, when I’m shocked by the latest idea that so many people are buying, I remember these words. So much of what is marketed as Christian literature reminds me of the airbrushed, digitally doctored, duct-taped cover […]

Parenting Principia

In reading Scott Oliphint’s latest article on his second tenet of a covenantal apologetic, I realized that the implications of the principia of Scriptural authority go beyond what we think of when we think of apologetics. After a proper defense of this tenet, Oliphint pleas: Why would we want to establish our apologetic, make our […]

Because When I Grow Up I Want to be an Old Woman*

It’s that time of the week again, when the confessional and evangelical world is subjected to hear Carl, Todd, and me have a conversation that counts. Well, only if you want to. For our Bully Pulpit topic today, we discuss an issue in the church that I think many of you would agree needs some […]

Green Sally Up!

I can always count on my brother to give me a cool, new workout. When we were away together over Thanksgiving we did a 20 minute, high intensity workout with a deck of cards. Good times. Like my dad, Luke is good at finding or putting together creative workouts. While I was on the phone […]

The Love of God

David Wells has a great chapter on “The Love of God” in his latest book, God in the Whirlwind. He challenges our own ideas about what love is or is supposed to be against the biblical holy-love of God. He describes for the reader a truly amazing love that we would never be able to […]

Mortification of Immodesty

Modesty can be a fighting word, even in the church these days. I could maybe even say, especially in the church. So, we at MoS thought this would be a conversation that counts. Todd showed up especially dressed for the occasion. And we invited Gloria Furman, author, blogger, and pastor’s wife, to discuss this sensitive […]

The Most Encouraging Book On HELL Ever

Thor Ramsey, The Most Encouraging Book on Hell Ever (CruciformPress, 2014)  The title of this book prevails upon the reader to open it up and see what this is all about. It’s daring. I mean encouraging and hell are in the same sentence! It kind of reminds me of the old fundamentalist preachers my husband […]

The Blogger and the Mechanical Bull

Today I realized what one of my main aims is in every blog post—to get you, the reader, to stay with me more than ten seconds and actually focus your attention on one thing. It occurred to me as I was reading Nicholas Carr’s book, The Shallows, that every time we jump on the internet, […]