Taking It Personally
Take It to the Limit
“Under the new tyranny of the raw act of choosing, nothing would prevent two people from marrying, one in Massachusetts and one in Washington, whose one thing they share ‘in common’ is the fact that they have never met each other, never want to, and are resolved never to exchange any email whatsoever.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 62
Lord of the First Amendment
[Regarding Acts 17:2 and 24:25] “And so what is free speech? It is not a means toward theocratic tyranny. Neither is it a secular end in itself. No. It is gospel fruit, and Jesus is the Lord of it.”
A Lament for Charlie Kirk
I had dinner with Charlie Kirk just a few weeks ago. He was a good man, full of life, full of questions, full of zeal. He was a patriot who was doing a lot of good for a lot of people. His instruments for accomplishing this were his ability to organize, and his talent for …
No Pull Out Rest Areas for Those in Free Fall
“The problem is that as soon as they abandon the understanding of marriage as a covenanted conjugal relationship of a man and a woman, they have no consistent stopping point. Some of them don’t want a consistent stopping point, and others of them do—but they still can’t have one.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, p. 60
Altogether Good
“Our understanding of this will never be advanced by denying the essential goodness of the Old Testament law, dead teens and all, slavery and all, stoning for adultery and all.”
Skinhead Flashbacks
Introduction: In this next chapter, some of the Caleb Campbell's motivations became a lot more apparent to me, and it actually had the effect of generating some sympathy for him. I will get to that ...
And Nature Forbids Some Things and Not Others
“Scripture says nothing explicitly about sex-change operations, and Scriptures says nothing explicit about dental work. So if we restrict ourselves to a tight biblicism, we are going to be forced into an agnosticism that will take us where we really do not want to go. But here is the thing. Scripture is not silent whether or not nature is silent.”
Virgins and Volcanoes, pp. 54-55
Rushdoony at the Mic
“Rushdoony was a man who was willing to whittle his theonomic stick until it had a pointed, jabby end. And then he would walk up to the classical liberal order in order to poke it. He would then want to ask some follow-up questions.”
Letters to Make Us Pause and Reflect
Letter to the Editor: Red Dress ReductivismThat was funny, cheeky, and entirely appropriate. It would be interesting to learn whether those two women were also wearing blue stockings… ...