For a number of years now, we have been urging the adoption of a Chestertonian Calvinism. For those acquainted with the works of Chesterton, this seem more than a bit odd because Chesterton did not harbor warm, benevolent thoughts about Calvinism. He regarded it as the least Christian of all Christian systems, and he would …
Calvinism 4.0/Chestertonian Calvinism
Introduction: When these precious doctrines of oursโreferring to the absolute sovereignty of God over all thingsโare twisted in such a way as to perpetuate gloom, severity, introspection, accusations, slander, gnat-strangling, and more, the soul is never safe. The doctrines of grace are doctrines of gladness. But whenever God delivers His people in any remarkable way, …
Chestertonian Puritanism, God Bless It
“But there is no understanding the period of the Reformation in England until we have grasped the fact that the quarrel between the Puritans and the Papists was not primarily a quarrel between rigorism and indulgence, and that, in so far as it was, the rigorism was on the Roman side. On many questions, and …
Content Cluster [04-30-26]
Exit With Aplomb: Worth a Look: the best 3 minutes of video I've watched this year pic.twitter.com/1Li3jCT0rg— Lester (@Chen) April 28, 2026 Now That’s an Autumn Road: A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: One Cartoonist Who Understood the Natural Heart of Man: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Torsten Wolber Featured Product: Chestertonian Calvinism:For a number …
Letters in the Ides of March
Letter to the Editor: What principles can we put into practice when it comes to Sabbath rest? Specifically when it comes to recreation. It seems obvious that a calm walk around the ...
A November Manifesto
Introduction: The task before us is far more comprehensive than spot cleaning our cultural carpet. The West has more problems than a stubborn stain here or there. We stare at the carpet, thinking ...
Burn All the Schools
Important Preliminary Note: During this year's NQN, once a week I have been posting something of a bonus from the archives. NQN started eight years ago, and that was before I started recording my ...
The Challenge of Child Communion
Introduction: When Christian writers and speakers use the word challenge, it frequently refers to what they are about to do, which is to issue a mildly robust exhortation to "do a little better." ...
The Lone Bulwark . . . No, Really
Introduction: Comes now the time to make everybody mad! Why dab around the edges? But we need to set this up first. The Graph: This chart below gives us an overview snapshot of how different ...
Slavery and Evangelical Timidity
Introduction: As everyone should know by now, biblical slavery is my most favoritest subject in the whole wide world. I turn to it most every chance I get, and I even recently turned in the manuscript of an honest commentary on Philemon. This is an epistle that does receive a modest amount of attention from …






