Flannery O’Conner wrote that everything that rises must converge, but this must also be said of everything that is circling the drain. The shared worldview of our chattering classes appears to me to be nothing more than a vast epistemic sinkhole. This is the kind of thing that could make Turretin exclaim, were he present …
Got Confused About His Tickets to the Philharmonic
In Fact, Let’s Chain the Gates
“Secular modernity is the great rust-belt god-factory, and we are long past the time for lay-offs” (Rules for Reformers, p. 201).
A Coalition of Dust Bunnies
If you have a moment, you might want take a look at this video, starting at about the 45 minute mark. In the course of a panel discussion at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, a point I had made about the American and Confederate flags came up. My guess is the point they were likely dealing …
50 Livers a Week
The eighth video is now out. The entire thing takes place over lunch — over one of the most cold-hearted meals you will ever witness. Take note of the academics who are dismissed because they want to suppress within their own consciences what it is they are doing. But this means that Cate Dyer, the …
Their High Altar
There is quite a dramatic difference between “pardon me” and “forgive me.” We say the first, for example, in cases of inadvertent error, as when we bump into someone accidentally. We need to say the latter when we knew what we were doing, did it on purpose, knowing full well that we ought not to …
If the Day of Judgment Had a Little Brother
In one sense, of course, nothing can compare to the great Day of the Lord. Nothing compares to it, and yet Scripture repeatedly compares things to it. But the Bible does this in such a way as to show that nothing can compare, which is what gives the comparisons such force. “The high places also …
Stonewall Trailer 3
One of the great things about the Planned Parenthood videos is that they have made abortion the issue it needs to be, and have made it an issue in this presidential campaign. The Stonewall movie is coming together in remarkable ways, just like this moment in pro-life activism. Here’s the trailer, as promised.
3 Marks of the God of the System
Every system has a god, which means that when you have identified certain markers, you have identified the god of the system. If the god of the system is not the true God, the God who made Heaven and earth, then the god of the system is an idol. In order to be an idol, …
And Resource Accordingly
“If you are in it for little accomplishments, be sure to make little plans” (Rules for Reformers, p. 201).