Reformation Can Be Difficult

“We do not have the option of sailing to a new world and starting over. We cannot move out of this dilapidated house in order to go build a new one. No, it must be a remodel project. The house is run down, and so we must fix it up. Not only so, but we have to do this while the house is also on fire. And at the same time, many of the other residents like it just the way it is and are fighting us tooth and nail. All this means that we need to have a robust theology of resistance.”

Mere Christendom, p. 213

Content Cluster [10-30-25]

Prolegomena to the Rest of It : So then, because I was traveling last week, the Cluster was published in a meager state of disarray. Here’s the whole thing. Please accept these craven apologies. An Interesting Way to Start the Morning Jog: Pretty Sweet: A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: And Amen: She …

Can the Two Walk Together?

“I can get gumbo and grits more easily in New Orleans than I can in Manchester, New Hampshire. The same goes for hearing live zydeco. These represent variations in a common culture. A farmer with a pickup truck in Wisconsin listens to music all the time that sings about red Georgia clay, and this despite the fact that he has never seen any. This is part of the texture of a common culture, and a big part of what makes it so enjoyable to live in a country as big as ours. But abortion represents an alien civilization.”

Mere Christendom, p. 208