The selection is a treasure. It is a collection of essays (by different authors) working through the individual religious histories of the first thirteen states. In addition, as something of a bonus, it also contains the religious histories of states that came in later—states like Vermont, Maine, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Missouri, and Florida. The …
Shushed by the Moderator
Introduction: I was really pleased when I heard that Kevin De Young was selected to be the moderator of the PCA. I like his work, and really appreciate a lot of what he has done. Nancy and I ...
A Potpourri of Wealth Issues
Introduction: Many other aspects of Proverbs teaching on finances remain, but time and space do not. So a good conclusion for us will perhaps be found in an assorted discussion of some of the ...
America . . . Christian From the Get Go
Introduction: A lot of disinformation has been circulated about the Christian founding of America. I say “disinformation” because I am being polite, as is my wont. There are other nouns that could ...
Honest Work, Honest Wages
Introduction: The problem of dishonesty in our work and labor is a difficult one to address because it is often the case that the first one “lied to” is the liar himself. He is dishonest ...
The Rubbery Bones of the Lazy
Introduction: In just a minute, I will have a thought experiment for you. Like all cultures our culture generalizes, but we have been trained to generalize about poverty in an exculpatory way. ...
Book of the Month/June 2025
Okay, this book is not a popular-level page turner, but if you are interested in the subject, as I suspect a bunch of you are, it serves very well as a scholarly page turner. The book is The Hebrew Republic by Eric Nelson, and the subtitle gives a bunch of the game away. That subtitle …
A Hole Under His Nose
We now come to our third installment on wealth, as we continue to discuss Proverbs, money, and you. The first and second installments are here and here, and we are now on to the third, which is a consideration ...
Pete Hegseth, Me, and Meeting with Important Jews
Introduction: https://twitter.com/benzornes/status/1925661172264530368 So we are in the middle of a flurry of news stories about our doings here in Moscow. For example, Vox just dropped a story ...
Testing Out an AI Voice
If you have been a regular around here, you probably know that I think some aspects of AI are stupendous and wonderful, all part of fulfilling the cultural mandate, and that other aspects of it are creepy and demented, and that a third category of AI is just lame. We are all still working out …