The Interview That Ended Poorly

Our attention has been increasingly drawn to the growth of classical Christian schools, and so we sent a reporter with National Proletariat Radio to interview Douglas Wilson in Moscow, Idaho to get some background on this important movement. NPR: Thank you so much for granting this interview. DW: Glad to do it. Thanks for the …

Russell Moore’s Tectonic Plates

Introduction: So I watched Russell Moore’s Erasmus Lecture for First Things, which you can see here, and there are many things to say about it. But many of them are, truth be told, positive, and so I would like to begin with that. His talk was informed, learned, thoughtful, insightful, and balanced. I would want …

7 Encouraging Words in Case 2016 Has Got You Down

So the best thing to do is assume that if you have any sense in your head at all, you are reluctant even to turn on the news anymore. “How could they possibly have made things worse?” seems like it ought to be a rhetorical question. But every single night they are up to the …

9 Theses on Pastoral Confidentiality and Child Abuse

Introduction: We unfortunately live in a time when child abuse is common, and given the way things are going, tragic instances of it are likely to increase. This means that those pastors who are involved in genuine pastoral ministry are going to encounter this particular kind of evil at some point, and ought not to …

The Least Important Election in Our Lifetime

Introduction: Important elections are those in which you are deciding whether to go north by northeast or south by southwest. Important elections are the ones in which you decide whether to go thissaway or thattaway. Important elections are held on Mount Carmel, with the candidates being Jehovah and Baal. Important elections are not elections in …

Triggered Schmiggered

A possible sociological/psychological experiment occurred to me as a result of a passing comment made by my son-in-law, Ben Merkle. He, of course, is not responsible for any mayhem that might occur as a result of somebody actually trying this. We hear a lot about “triggers,” and how they are used to shut down political …