Introduction: So we have come to the conclusion of our review of Disarming Leviathan, Caleb Campbell's call to evangelize Christian nationalists. We have said quite a few things over the course of ...
In Which We Sadly Cease Having Fun With This
November Intruded
Introduction: Okay, so we are now going to take on pp. 152-159—we had previously been going through Disarming Leviathan, and we were doing good, but then November and all of its associated ...
A Field Guide to Conservatives, as Narrated by David Attenborough
Introduction: So this next chapter by Campbell is kind of long, so I am not going to tackle it all in one go. The territory to be covered this time around will simply be pp. 134-152—that should ...
Book of the Month/October 2025
The Gibson brothers—David and Jonathan—are a real gift to the church, and one of them has done it again. They have worked together on weighty theological topics through books like From Heaven He Came and Sought Her or Ruined Sinners to Reclaim. Jonathan Gibson has done valuable work with Be Thou My Vision, an excellent …
The Wine of Red Forgiveness
Introduction: So it has been a while since I blogged my way through a book, and I have now decided to rectify that situation. I was recently browsing in one of my favorite bookstores—Aunties ...
Book of the Month/June 2025
Okay, this book is not a popular-level page turner, but if you are interested in the subject, as I suspect a bunch of you are, it serves very well as a scholarly page turner. The book is The Hebrew Republic by Eric Nelson, and the subtitle gives a bunch of the game away. That subtitle …
Book of the Month/May 2025
It is not enough for us to be against woke, or DEI, or social justice, or whatever new term our lizard overlords have decided to foist upon us. We must be hostile to all such verbal iterations, of course, but we must fight, as Chesterton put it, not simply because we hate what is in …
Book of the Month/February 2025
My selection for February’s book of the month is a most satisfactory book. Really good. And, not to keep you in suspense, I am talking about My Dear Hemlock by Tilly Dillehay. The very first thing to address has to do with the central conceit of the book. It is structured in the same way …
Book of the Month/January 2025
One aspect of our morning routine is that Nancy and I read together. We each have our own Bible reading and devotional time, but then we come together to read and pray. We pray for our people, and pray for the day. We also read through the New Testament together, and in addition to that, …
Book of the Month/December 2024
The board of New St. Andrews College meets four times a year. One of the things that we do together is assign a book at each board meeting, and we read it together with a plan to discuss it at the following meeting. It is quite a beneficial exercise, and there is a wide array …