“In Christ, God is restoring what has been lost and reintegrating our love for him and our enjoyment of his gifts so that they do not compete with each other but instead mutually serve and enhance each other for his… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“But suppose casting all these things into an imaginary world, stripping them of their stained-glass and Sunday school associations, one could make them for… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“What many call 'plundering the Egyptians' is nothing more than dumpster diving in Egypt.” — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“Idolatry begins with a false separation of gift and giver. Rather than a momentary comparison for the sake of testing our affections, idolatry is… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“Growing up doesn’t mean replacing old loves as much as it means adding new ones.” — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“No more I do, your Majesty. But what’s that got to do with it? I might as well die on a wild goose chase… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“is a rebellion of the branches against the tree: if the rebels could succeed they would find that they had destroyed themselves” — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children’s story which is only enjoyed by children is a bad… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“To summarize, Lewis sees the progression like this: 1) the marginalization of value statements leads to 2) the separation of fact from value, which… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“The difference between the dark magic of the Egyptian magicians and Elymas on the one hand, and Moses and Paul on the other was… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the Witch provides two meals to Edmund: the enchanted candy and stale bread and water. The Witch and her evil are the origins… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“As G. K. Chesterton reminded us, the reason that order and structure exist in the world is so that good things can run wild.” — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“The triune God of Scripture lives! He is not static. He is not lifeless. He is not bored. He is not boring. He is… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
