“No close member of his family should wince when [a godly satirist] walks into the room.”
Standing in the Rubble of Testimony
Dear Ehud, In this letter, I am going to start with the understanding that you have a high respect for Scripture. Although you are not yet at the point of affirming complete faith in its divine ...
Not the Goal
“I don’t want classical Christian schools to graduate a generation of prigs and show poodles, even though some of them are trying to.”
Letters in the Dregs of June
Letter to the Editor: Doug, do you have anything like a Spotify playlist for Christian hymns/music? The work I do allows me to listen to earbuds so a long playlist of Christian music ...
Not a Hard Question Actually
“So when Calvin calls his opponents barking dogs, and we write journal articles refuting ‘an esteemed colleague,’ who is closer to the language of the New Testament (Phil. 3:2; Rev. 22:15)?”
No Enemies Inside the Castle
Introduction: We are going to be talking about Nazis in just a bit, but we need to start with something else first. Bear with me. It will all flow together shortly, as when you fold whipped egg whites into the batter for chiffon cake. Something like that, at any rate. One searches for the right …
Everybody’s a Critic
“What Time It Is” in the Light of Eternity
Introduction: The late Andrew Breitbart once said that politics was downstream from culture, which was really observant. But there is more. Consistent Christians should want to say that culture ...
Letters in the Month That Rhymes with Moon
Letter to the Editor: Thank you for taking a stand against neo-nazis. Those of us on the center-left and center-right should not and cannot not let the radical-Left or the radical-Right take ...
Land Acknowledgements and the Problem of Israel
Introduction: So let us talk about that impotent contemporary ritual called the “land acknowledgment.” Nowadays when an event or activity is going to be taking place somewhere, or an institution is opening, the proceedings will often begin with a land acknowledgment. This is a little empty gesture recognizing the indigenous people who used to live …