There is a crucial point to be taken away from Peter Hitchens’ last chapter in the The Rage Against God. This issue of whether God must be recognized by us collectively is at the heart of the culture wars, and culture means generations, and generations means that the education of the next generation is right …
The Streetcar of Democracy
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, …
Personal Not Private
Just a brief comment about Peter Hitchens’ next chapter, which addresses the bloody war on the church conducted by secularist revolutionaries. The end result was this: “The link between the people and their Christian inheritance — in custom, seasons, traditions, music, and belief — had been effectively broken, and Christianity had been reduced to a …
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, …
Superstitious Atheism
In his next chapter, Peter Hitchens compares the respective gullibilities of the believing Christian and the “scientific” atheist. Atheists believe this to be one of their strong points, which Peter appears to recognize. “How the materialists like to jeer at the naive faith of the peasant, fooled by relics, faith healers, and the general hocus-pocus …
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 …
A Weed That Grows
This was an early treatment of Hebrews 6. Early for me, I mean. {audio}PrairieFire.mp3{/audio}
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.