Thesis #1: The question of head coverings in Corinth cannot be handled simplistically. The apostle Peter says that there are some things in Paul’s letters that are difficult to understand (2 Pet. 3:16). So our first task is to come to grips with the fact that his teaching on head coverings is among them. Some …
Yet Another Modest Proposal
I believe that it is time for conservatives to rethink their opposition to reparations. By this I am referring of course to reparations over the scourge of African slavery. Even though it ended centuries ago, the effects have nevertheless been long-lasting, and have had ramifications down to the present. But in bringing this up, I …
Empathy Blues
"I went to the river to jump inMy baby showed up and said, 'I will tell you when'" I'm Tore Down, Eric Clapton Now that's a lack of sympathy, right there. ...
So Jeffrey Epstein Was a Jew . . .
Introduction: So we are having ourselves a series of overlapping contretemps when it comes to the release of the Epstein files. As things now stand, the portion of those files that have been ...
Book of the Month/March 2025
Now I really need to grant at the outset that this month’s selection is a wee bit off the beaten path. It is not the sort of book I would normally read, but at the same time, it is just the kind of book that I know I have to read just as soon as …
IQ and the Flynn Effect
Dear Gavin, I knew it would be just a matter of time before you ran into the IQ bros. "Whites are superior, whites have a higher IQ on average, whites are supreme, whites rock, and there you ...
Link and Chain
The father of one of the children being baptized here today was one of the first infants that I ever had the privilege of baptizing. The fact that he was my grandson was not doctrinally part of it, but it did put an exclamation point on the doctrine. This underscores one of the emphases that …
On the Deification of Diseased Daydreams
Introduction: The great Thomas Sowell has written a slew of books, and I in turn have read a passel of them. Part of making America great again is bringing back words like slew and passel. At any rate, Thomas Sowell has written a pile of books, and I have read 11 of them. To be …
In Defense of Worldview Thinking
Introduction: In conservative Christian circles, worldview thinking was quite a hot item for a while. Most recently, I reckon it became “a thing” among us during the Francis Schaeffer times, and it then burgeoned into something of an industry. In North American circles, the kick-off was Schaeffer’s How Shall We Then Live?—the book and film …
Book of the Month/February 2025
My selection for February’s book of the month is a most satisfactory book. Really good. And, not to keep you in suspense, I am talking about My Dear Hemlock by Tilly Dillehay. The very first thing to address has to do with the central conceit of the book. It is structured in the same way …