Theology That Bites Back
The main category for book reviews and cultural interaction.
Under the Lord’s guidance and goodness, we began conducting worship services at Christ Church DC last July. We have been most gratified and blessed at the growth we have enjoyed. With the exception of that one freak snowstorm, attendance has really been robust, We have been greatly encouraged by God’s faithfulness—He has provided us with …
More needs to said about the idea of cultural justification. Apart from an understanding of this, there is no hope of grasping the deep divisions that the debates over same sex mirages are revealing. Note that I did not say that these debates are creating these division, but rather that they are revealing them. Same …
“Two toddlers in one room wanting the same shiny toy come into conflict. There is no conflict between either of those two toddlers and a dog across town, the one playing with a stick. Two similar individuals want the same thing. One of them gets there first, and the fact that he clearly wants that object makes the silver medalist want it even more. The winner sees that the runner-up wants it, and this makes him cling to his prize all the more. A mimetic loop, a mimetic escalation, occurs. Conflict is the inevitable result.”
Letter to the Editor: The Tender Mercies of the WickedYes and Amen! This is one of my takeaways from reading Rushdoony's 'Institutes of Biblical Law.'"The nearly complete elimination of capital ...
“If we reject the substitution of Jesus, then we will continue in the ways of killing in order that we might hide from ourselves the fact that we are killing all the time.”
Introduction: Because of my travel schedule, I had to work on all my posting a week and a half ahead of time. Because of this, all my hot takes on Iran will be a week or so out from now, and will be lukewarm takes. Lukewarm, but probably better informed.— Douglas Wilson (@douglaswils) March 1, …
Introduction: Our criminal justice system is one that defiles both the jailers and the jailed. It affects the jailers negatively, and the society the jailers represent, because of its manifest injustice. ...
My selected book this time around is Gray Mirror by Curtis Yarvin. It was provocative in all the right ways and places, and I enjoyed it very much. And by “provocative,” I don’t necessarily mean agreement, although there was plenty of that. It is as though Yarvin were a very talented landscaper, and I admired …
“That is what the substitutionary atonement of Christ did in history—it made all other sacrifices impotent, precisely to the extent that it was a real sacrifice. That is what penal substitution was for.”
