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Watchword: Nuance

I would like to propose that we have a conversation. Well, maybe not a conversation, since that is what post, post modern millennials are having to the detriment of everything blessed. Perhaps a debate. No, no that just conjures up the image of old, white patriarchs, suited and groomed with political talking points on name-your-favorite fake news organization. Parley implies you aremy enemy.  Dialogue? Patriarchy again, just Greek flavored. Council? Also patriarchy of the ecclesiastical kind. I know I’m taking a chance here, but I am proposing we have an argument. Hey man, I just want to talk. Let’s not get heated . By whatever noun you feel comfortable describing what it is humans do (I realize this is discriminatory against horses) when they make sounds with their voice to form recognizable chains of syllables, and this between one another, we apparently must tread carefully. And here is why:  “It’s more nuanced than that.”     The word nuance, has become for me one of th

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

"Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish." - Psalm 49:20 "Surely, none are so mad as those who are content to live unprepared to die. Surely, the unbelief of men is the most amazing thing in the world." - J.C. Ryle "Thoughts for Young Men"

Introduction In Defense of Everything Else

Welcome to a blog that will be filled with divine discontent: the kind that leads to further reform in your own heart, your own family, your own church, your own community, and the world.  We look forward to being your servants in exhortation and mutual upbuilding in our Lord Jesus Christ. Excelsior ad Dei Gloriam, Chad Muller