Introduction: Oscar Wilde once defined a gentleman as someone who never insults anyone else accidentally. There is a principle here that Christians can take and reapply in other situations. A "gold ...
Christendom and Christendumber
Introduction: In recent years, one of the issues that has come to the fore has been the tactical issue of NETTR—"no enemies to the right." This has been the photo negative of the evangelical cool ...
The Great Gospel-Centered Crack-Up
Introduction: Yesterday I was discussing with some friends the nature of the Reformed collapse in the face of all our crazytoon times. Reformed guys are supposed to be the heady ones, the keepers of the Big Thinks, and they went down before the most transparent lies—they went down like dry August grass before a freshly …
And There Was No Remedy
Introduction: We are often reminded, in the words of the preacher, that there is nothing new under the sun (Ecc. 1:9). By this observation, he certainly does not mean that there cannot be any ...
11 Resolutions for 2024, Culture War Edition
Introduction: It is a custom among our people to make resolutions for the new year, and as this is the morning of January 1, 2024, a brand spanking new year, and one that promises to be every ...
Toppling the Cosplay Satan
Introduction: There is always some crazy story to write about, isn't there? So over the last few weeks, this happened. A Satanist group arranged to have a Satanist display erected in the Iowa ...
Christian Nationalism: The Movie
Introduction: This was inevitable, I suppose. Rob Reiner financed and produced a movie called God & Country, a movie to warn us all about the impending threat called Christian nationalism. This somehow constituted a compelling invitation to erstwhile conservatives like David French and Russell Moore to clamber on board in order to help the secularists …
My Rejoinder to Kevin DeYoung
Introduction: So Kevin DeYoung set off a national conversation with this article. When his article dropped, I was in the middle of wrapping up my November posts, and so a response had to wait ...
Mud Fence Ugly
Introduction: It is commonplace for traditionalists to describe the well-balanced life as built on the foundation stones of truth, goodness, and beauty. This structural support seems intuitive ...
Thanksgiving Leftovers
Introduction: In the aftermath of our blowout holidays, it is not uncommon to survey something of a culinary debris field—half-finished pies, cold turkey, a measuring cup full of gravy, half ...