So I would not describe myself as a radical conservative. It would be more accurate to say, as I did recently on Twitter, that I am not a radical conservative, but rather a moderate who failed to move with the times. And failure to move with the times is a mortal sin these days. You …
Outlaws and Bystanders, Culprits and Idiots
Introduction: As the disintegration of our evangelical institutions continues apace, I would like to have you all sit down at a table here. Once you have done so, I will roll out a chart that diagrams the tragicomedy for you. Just watch and see if I don’t. The Context: Of course, the secularists are establishing …
God’s Little Reductio on Pluralism
Introduction: A few days ago I published a post on the French/Ahmari scuffle, in the course which I called on National Review to confess the name of Jesus. That post can be found here, and I am grateful to Andrew Sandlin for his response to my piece, which can be found here. There are some …
The Outrage of Leggings as Tip of the Iceberg
Introduction and a Short List: I thought to use this space to inveigh against mixed metaphors, but also thought that some of my adversaries might charge me with a hypocritical inconsistency. So let me try a few other things out on you. I believe the vast majority of professing Christian wives would be a lot …
Boycotts, Both Theirs and Ours
Introduction: So as we are being treated to the spectacle of the South rising again, challenging the authority of the Feds again, and this time doing it when they have the manifest moral high ground, it is time to examine some of the secular freak-out reaction to it, not to mention some of our reactions …
On Keeping Your Marriage From Becoming Troubled
Dear Will and Meghan, Thank you very much for the note you included with your thank you note for the wedding gift—although thanking people for thank you notes does threaten to set off a perpetual cycle. We were very grateful to be able to make the wedding, and it was good to see all your …
Letter to a Trapped Husband
Dear Garrett, Thanks for the letter. It is good hear from you, and yes, I do have a few thoughts on your situation. We have your wife’s perspective already—Nancy has related to me the outlines of what Angie has been posting on social media for the last six months. The bottom line there is that …
God of Hearth and Home
Introduction: Please allow me to begin with the outrageous statement. I will make all suitable and needed qualifications later. Stop complaining already. Rightly understood, the institution of marriage is foundational to the gospel, and it is a form of idolatry to deny this. I want to set this claim alongside the increasingly popular idea that …
Sweet Home
Alabama has done a wonderful thing in outlawing abortion. I want to commend her legislature and her governor for doing the right thing, and every thoughtful Christian should be humming under their breath: “in Birmingham they love the governor, we all did what we could do.” There will be many occasions in the months to …
Why Abortion Matters So Much
Introduction: It has been more than a biblical generation since the infamous Roe v. Wade case, and abortion continues to be a hot issue. I am most grateful to what might be called the traditional pro-lifers, for keeping this issue alive for all these years. And I am also grateful for a rising tide of …