You cannot invoke the gods of chaos without getting the gods of chaos. Offended by the president’s lack of basic decency, the respectable leadership of official Washington has declared that it was time to race him to the bottom. Turns out they show remarkable talent for it. Official Washington lecturing the president on his lack …
The Gods of Civil Unrest and Jesus Mobs
Prolegomena to the Preamble to the Introduction: I suppose I need to say, right at the outset, that this blog post is something of a beast. You might say it is a little hefty. But this happened for ...
Coming This Summer
I will have a good deal to say about this in the weeks to come, but I wanted to make one crucial point before the day was over. It is a point that will have to be made repeatedly, so we might as well start making it now. All the conservatives who condemned this last …
Illegitimate Times
Introduction: So it is looking as though one way or another we are going to have to learn how to live under a government we believe to be at bottom illegitimate. And that looks to be the case no matter ...
Okay Then. Happy New Year.
Don’t know what everybody’s so worried about. Seems alright so far.
Tolerance as a Fake Truce
Introduction: A few years ago, and by “few” I actually mean twelve years ago, I described how the secular ideology of tolerance is a false truce. Among other things, I said this: “All law is imposed morality, and the only question is which morality is going to be imposed, not whether one is going to …
How Masks Became the Flag of An Arrogant Ignorance
Introduction: It usually happens by various means and in many ways, and under the wisdom of providence, the assignment of symbols and their meanings is a complex mystery. How does "naming" work exactly? ...
On the Lookout for a Sane Lesser Magistrate
Introduction: It will no doubt be said, by some observers anyhow, that I can’t quite make up my mind. It will be said by others that I have adopted as my motto “the dwarves are for the dwarves,” and have taken to shooting both Calormene soldiers and horses. And a third group will speculate that …
The High Price of Forgetting God
Introduction: To get right to the point, the high price of forgetting God is that God forgets you. And when that happens the descent into madness becomes tractor beam inexorable. And because we Americans ...
A Second Round on John Piper, Me, and the Cool Shame Election
Introduction: So on Monday I wrote about John Piper's piece on the choice between Biden and Trump. A bit later, John Piper wrote me an email that began with "Heavenly days!" -- which is how respected ...