There is an old joke that has an evangelical say something like this to a liberal—“I’ll call you a Christian if you call me a scholar.” But whenever conservative believers enter into the world of such trade-offs, the end result is always something like Simple Simon going to the fair. They come home, if they …
The Abolition of Woman
Introduction: One of the great novels of the twentieth century was That Hideous Strength. It is a fantastic read as a straightforward story, but that is not where the greatness lies. I would be hard pressed to come up with a more prophetic book than this one. The way things have unfolded in the six …
Straight and Narrow
Introduction: One of the hidden drivers in our public debates about homosexual lust and practice is that a widespread and presupposed Pelagianism has riddled the church. I am happy to explain myself here, but I would like to ask you to walk with me for a piece. Ability and Obligation: Pelagianism holds, among other things, …
Gayer Than the Kiwi Queen of the Fire Island Fruit Festival
Every once in a while you run across something that is a few parsecs beyond the utter frozen limit. What do you do then? Tim Bayly recently posted a video of an offertory performance done at Redeemer Downtown in Manhattan, along with his comments, and I have reposted the video below. You can watch the …
Little Bewildered Benedict Bands
Rod Dreher is to be commended for many aspects of The Benedict Option. But at the end of the day, it reminds me of a fistful of pearls, with no thread available to make the necklace. I am glad I read it, and I am glad for the stand that Dreher is taking against various …
The Creosote of Manifest Nonsense
I do not want to use Orwellian-the-world newspeak, but rather Orwellian-the-author plainspeak. But in a world of froth, babble, fustian, agitprop, bubble, and vain repetition, what I am about to say might come across like being slapped in the face with a cold, dead halibut. Some might even go so far as to say that …
Jonah, Jonah or Elephant Doctor Doses
So let me say at the front end that Jonah Goldberg is my favorite contemporary political writer. He is vivid, funny, and almost always on point. He is part of the conservative firmament, and yet does not display some of the irritating characteristics on regular display from the kept conservatives, from the kennel-fed conservatives, from …
Sexual Abuse for a Modest Fee
Letter to the Board of Pullman Regional Hospital
Why Not Logos Online This Fall?
Suppose the only downside to the place you live was the fact that you didn’t have access to the kind of education you wanted for your kids. Here . . . let us help. First you watch the video below, and then you just click here. https://vimeo.com/219445800
On Waving His Paddle in the Air
Introduction: One of the problems that decisions like Obergefell will cause in our churches is the dislocation that will occur between individuals who respond to such things differently. Often it is not “the thing itself,” but reactions to the thing itself that divide us. We all disapprove, but we disapprove in different ways. Some of …