Christians who argue for a secular public square are caught on the horns of a dilemma. Either Jesus wants this or He doesn’t. Or maybe He doesn’t care. If He doesn’t want it, then why do they? If He does, then are they not advocating a civil arrangement based on the will of the Lord, …
Getting Some Balance in There
We have had a really good response to the videos we have been posting over at CanonWIRED. In the Ask Doug segments, we have received a lot of good questions, but some might be wondering something like, “Yeah, that’s true, and that point, that’s good . . . but where’s the beauty? That Wilson guy …
Changing My Name to Van Wilsma
A few weeks ago I taught at a conference in Boise together with my friend Alan Burrow, and the audio from that conference is now available here. Here is a good thing. Some Canadian Reformed theologians interact with some questions related to the FV, and they do so as adults. If anybody else is watching, …
Henry York to the Big Screen
We are all very pleased about this, and grateful to God for it. Please thank the Lord together with us. This, together with The Great Divorce project, represents manifold blessings, pressed down, shaken, and running over.
Tolerance as a Christian Virtue
There are two basic points to make about tolerance as a civic virtue. The first is logical and the second historical. The logical point is that tolerance cannot be a free-floating virtue. This is because no virtue (or vice either) can be found in a transitive verb. It is not a matter of whether you …
The Great Divorce: Screenplay
This has been in the works for a while, and we are very pleased and excited that it is now public. Nate is attached to this project as a screenwriter. You can read more about it here and here.
A Decorated Altar is Still a Cold One
From the very beginning the Christian faith has had to deal with imposters who gain control of the governmental mechanisms of the church, doing so in order to undermine the entire point of the Church. Think, for example, of Diotrephes, who would put out of the church anybody who had even voted in favor of …
Apologetics in a Flash, on a Flash
This looks like a really good deal for those who are interested in apologetics.
Blood Up to the Horses’ Bridles
So what do I mean by mere Christendom exactly? I mean a public and formal recognition of the authority of Jesus Christ that repudiates the principles of secularism, and which avoids both hard sectarianism and easy latitudinarianism both. Easier said than done, but there it is. That is what we have to do, and we …
Try a Little Tenderness
As I mentioned the other day, we are now actively archiving old Credenda essays one at a time. The latest new old Husbandry article is up.