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 ...
A November Manifesto
Thanksgiving, the Living God, and the Gravy of Gratitude
Although we are in the backstretch of No Quarter November, it is in no way inappropriate to embrace this designated day as a brief hiatus and respite. So we take this opportunity to wish you and yours ...
The Last of the NQN Letters
Letter to the Editor: My question is related to your interview with Sam Harris. In that interview you both talked a lot about slavery.In your ideal Christendom, where we have God-honoring ...
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." ...
Singleness as Affliction
Introduction: For various reasons and by various means, the teaching that singleness “is a gift” has got about in the Christian church. Like many other things that have got about, like your ...
Audio Reading of Post
Letters With November in Mid-Stride
Letter to the Editor: I think I already know the answer to this question, but I’ve always been curious. I have always wondered how a theologian would hash out the question: is it ...
Immodest Wenches
Introduction: My point in this post is not—lest someone mistake my point—to do anything so simple as decry immodest attire in women. And by the kind of immodesty I am not for the most part ...
Picking a Basket of Novemberries
Letter to the Editor: My husband recently listened to a podcast discussing the book 'White Knights and Reviling Wives' being published by the Ogdens. Afterward, he stated that if I ...
A Long Train of Abuses
"Power is of an encroaching nature . . ." The Federalist Papers #48 Introduction: So let me tell you what the problem is. Once upon a time, ...
Three Accounts of the Glory on the Road
Acts of the Apostles (48): Sermon Video Introduction: The Lord saw fit to give us three distinct accounts of Saul’s conversion on the way to Damascus. The first (Acts 9:1-19) is a third-person ...