Category Archives: Family

Plus ça Change

Posted on June 19, 2013 by

With apologies to T. David Gordon (and Nicholas Carr and John McWhorter and Neil Postman and Jacques Ellul)… I couldn’t decide on a title for this post. I was thinking also of “Nothing New Under the Sun”, but when I … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Education, Family, Humor, Irony, Outhouse Quick Hits, Quotes, T. David Gordon | 2 Comments

NCC in 2013?

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

So, obviously, the Outhouse has been especially lonely lately. A new year is coming up, and since my family’s catechesis has also fallen on hard times over the past few months, I am considering taking the family through NCC in … Continue reading →

Posted in Catechesis, Compare and Confess, Confessionalism, Confessions, Family, Reformed piety, Review, Tim Keller | 4 Comments

Non-Westminster Catechism

Posted on October 16, 2012 by

Speaking of creating a new catechism… I’m in favor of revising confessions and catechisms, in principle. For instance, I think we could use some language about male ordination. And how about nailing down IAOC? It would be nice to replace … Continue reading →

Posted in Catechesis, Compare and Confess, Confessionalism, Confessions, DG Hart, Education, Family, Links, Old Life, Spiritual discipline, Tim Keller | 12 Comments

WCF Says No on Gay Marriage

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

To pull a trick from Zrim’s bag, I think it’s time for a re-post, revised and expanded for our current times (because if the Outhouse is about anything, it’s about Relevance!) The question came up what (R/W/Z)2K’ers think of the … Continue reading →

Posted in American Conservative, Applied Christianity, Church and State, Civil religion, Confessionalism, Confessions, Conservatism, Culture War, Family, Liberty, Liberty of Conscience, Natural Law, News and culture, Reformed Confessionalism, Spirituality of the Church, Two-kingdoms | 200 Comments

Who Put the Bible in Biblical Order?

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

(The title here is referring to a song my kids listen to.) So now that I have exerted my considerable influence as Pope of Geneva to cause all Reformed peoples everywhere to stop saying “Sanctuary” and instead use the new … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History, Humor, Outhouse Quick Hits, Some fun, Video | 6 Comments

Heartland Evangelicals Enter the Political Octagon

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

The Family Leader’s mission is to be “a consistent, courageous voice in churches, in the legislature, in the media, in the courtroom, in the public square… always standing for God’s truth .”  Given that lofty description, eyebrows are being raised … Continue reading →

Posted in Church and State, Conservatism, Constantinianism, evangelicals, Family, Michele Bachmann, Presidential campaigns | 2 Comments

Guess the Good Guy

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

All the regular rules apply: God is wise, social, linguistic, imaginative, rational, aesthetic, etc., and He has made one creature with similar attributes, albeit on a creaturely scale.  Only such creatures have any chance of caring well for His creation.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian life, Culture, Education, Family, Guess the Good Guy, Quotes | 3 Comments

Guess the Good Guy

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

We are constantly told, it is true, that there ought to be an equal opportunity for all the children in the United States; therefore, it is said, Federal aid ought to be given to backward states. But what shall we … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian life, Civil religion, Culture, Culture War, Education, Family, Guess the Good Guy, Quotes, Two-kingdoms, W2K, Who Said That | 184 Comments

A Bit of Campy Humor

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

Pun absolutely intended. This Rapture FAQ, written by a professor for his students, has been floating through the intertubes, but I believe the original is here. Q: With the rapture coming, should I bother working on my final paper? A: … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Reformed Church, Culture, Eschatology, Family, Friday fun, Heaven, Humor, Links, Outhouse Quick Hits, Quotes, Some fun | 11 Comments

Friday Fun

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

It’s a couple months old now (just like J. Gresham Machen when he was baptized), but be sure to go back and listen to this delightful Office Hours with Dr. Van Drunen (wait, did you think I meant the other … Continue reading →

Posted in DG Hart, Family, Friday fun, History, Machen, Outhouse Quick Hits, Some fun | 36 Comments

Guess Who

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

From a discussion of secular schooling: [Objection:] But participation in state schools is unwise for Christians. It aids and abets a movement toward greater state power, and hence toward a greater domination of unbelief in our society. I respect this … Continue reading →

Posted in Authority, Christian life, Church and State, Church relations, Civil religion, Culture, Culture War, Education, Family, Legalism, Quotes, Reformed piety, Spirituality of the Church, Transformationism, Two-kingdoms, W2K, Who Said That | 39 Comments

The Best Thing to Happen to Lutheranism Since Calvinism

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

I may have tacked notices to the side of the Outhouse before about resources (in particular, audio resources), but this time, seriously, this is my Favorite. Is WHI too stodgy for you? Is WWDTM not theological enough? Well, from Pirate … Continue reading →

Posted in Calvinism, Catechesis, Christian life, Compare and Confess, Confessionalism, Don Matzat, Education, Evangelism, Family, Gospel, History, Humor, Law/Gospel Distinction, Lutheranism, Plugs, Resources, Review, Some fun, Table Talk Radio, The gospel, The Protestant Reformation, The White Horse Inn, Theology of the Cross/glory, Two-kingdoms | 5 Comments

Structured Shorter Catechism

Posted on December 23, 2010 by

Are you looking for a super-cheap Christmas present for that confessional-type person in your life who is dissatisfied with traditional pocket-size bookets of the Shorter Catechism because (a) the paragraph-shaped jumble of words and scripture proofs does nothing to reveal … Continue reading →

Posted in Catechesis, Christian life, Confessionalism, Confessions, Education, Family, History, Reformed Confessionalism, Reformed piety, Resources, The Protestant Reformation | 1 Comment

Elementary principles

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

A few weeks back, we had OHS Clark in the pulpit. He preached on Col 2, and one of the points was that elemental “spirits” in Col 2:8,20 would be better rendered by elementary “principles” (as in the ESV footnote), … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian life, Education, Family, Law/Gospel Distinction, Legalism, Sabbath | 1 Comment

Come and Eat

Posted on April 15, 2010 by

Sorry, this is not an insightful meditation on John 6, or Rev 3:20, or Isaiah 55; rather, I want you to come, buy and eat, with money! I’m a Calvinist Cadet Corps Counselor (and webmaster for the Southern California Council). We’re raising money … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Reformed Church, Family, Links, News and culture, Outhouse events, Plugs, Some fun | 3 Comments