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 …
The Religious Right Is Dead. Long Live the Religious Right.
In the ongoing aftermath of the ever-generous fiasco that we call the Trump campaign, Russell Moore wrote that if Donald Trump has accomplished anything of value, it is that he has snuffed out the religious right. The first half of his piece says a lot of things that are pertinent, trenchant, on the mark, and …
A Fight in the Leper Colony
Introduction: It is easy to treat the spectacle that is presidential politics in 2016 as though we were dismayed spectators, but we are not spectators at all. We are all participants. We are not watching a movie that contains a food fight in a junior high cafeteria; we are in the cafeteria. And if it …
Tacky Trump Tape
I will have more to say about this, probably Monday, but I did want to take a moment to tell everyone something important. With the release of this TackyTrumpTape, we all ought to sit down, compose ourselves, and on the count of three, put on our surprised face. What about this did anyone find surprising? …
On the Imputation of Motive
Imputation is a glorious part of our salvation. Through imputation, God credits us with the complete and untouchable righteousness of Jesus Christ. His obedience is reckoned as ours. There are times and places in our lives where we are invited to imitate Him in this—imputation occurs in every wedding, for example. But there are many …
Promoting the June Bugs
To be a Christian acid-washed by the bleach and pumice of modernity is to be a Christian conscripted by the regimented cool, and to be issued a washed-out denim uniform—one which might be considered appropriate camo-gear for that upscale coffee shop, the better to allow a demythologized and deracinated faith to blend right in—and so …
R. Scott Clark Made Me Do It
Scott Clark achieved a personal milestone this last week. He set the stage for this accomplishment by tweeting that “conspiracy theories are the fruit of intellectual sloth,” which is true enough. But just one hour before this, he had posted kudos (“great work”) to one of our local—let’s not call it a hate site, for …
The Content Cluster Muster (09.22.16)
Announcing Eve In Exile: Rebekah Merkle, my daughter, is releasing her fantastic new book–Eve in Exile. You can pre-order it over at CanonPress. It would be most wise of you to get it hot off the presses. Pre-order by Sept 27th and get 20% OFF plus FREE SHIPPING in the US, provided of course, you use the coupon code: REALWOMEN. …
In the Pot Nine Days Old
Introduction: Let us talk for a moment about the way appeasement usually goes, and begin by citing Churchill in his trenchant response to Chamberlain. “You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour and you will have war.” Appeasement Shows Up Everywhere: The emotional makeup of the appeaser is consistent, regardless of …
The Huffington Puffington Post
So it is apparently time to have a little bit of fun with The Huffington Post. I got a call a week or so ago from a HuffPo reporter, who interviewed me about the founding of Logos School, along with the founding of the Association of Classical Christian Schools. The interview was going along merrily, …