Some of you have heard the news about Jason Meyer stepping down as the pastor of Bethlehem in Minneapolis. Naturally, some are using this as an opportunity to continue pushing a woke agenda, and these days so much is to be expected. From a cursory read through of that linked article, it appears plain that—by …
A Stonewall Moment of Some Sort Is Needed
Introduction: I do understand that the sexual revolution has their very own version of Stonewall, the one that Obama celebrated when he said that the arc of history was turning out to be in sync with ...
Strunk & White Supremacy
Introduction: As I have been noting for some years now, this cultural conflagration that we are all going through—while some in the back are still stoutly maintaining “this is fine”—is actually a battle over editorial control of the dictionary. And what with all the pronoun nonsense now showing up in the liver, lungs and brain, …
Jory Micah and the Hall of Lame
Introduction: https://twitter.com/douglaswils/status/1372604409306177538 There seems to be an odd impulse that follows any kind of mass shooting, and that is the impulse that some people have ...
John Piper and the Fire in the Attic
Introduction: The best book of devotional theology I have ever read was God is the Gospel by John Piper. The first time I read it, as soon as I was done, I went back to the first page and started ...
And So, Children, Let’s Review
Introduction: Yesterday, out there in the Twitterzone somewhere, Kyle Howard accused me of being a white supremacist and a misogynist, apparently thinking I must be conducting my own experiments in intersectionality. As to the merits of the accusations, let us not tarry too long in the dispensing of them. I am a white supremacist only …
I Am Here to Inform You That Tim Keller Has His Thumb on the Scales
Introduction: I recently saw a quote from Tim Keller that was making the rounds, and I wanted to interact with it for just a skoshy bit. I will let you judge the quote for yourself in just a hot minute — so cool your baby jets — but it appears to me that Tim Keller …
David French and the Train that Already Left the Station
Introduction: So David French has written on the Kyle Rittenhouse situation here. His central concern is that he wants Christians to do a better job respecting the social compact we have here in America, and is concerned that those Christians who have rallied to the support of Kyle Rittenhouse are failing in this important duty. …
A Land Where Nobody Smiles
Introduction: Let's step back a few paces and try to take in the year 2020 in one worldview summary take. I am not promising you anything, but let's give it a go. Joel McDurmon recently asked what ...
Discredited Down to the Ground
Introduction: So I am going to be writing about our discredited ruling class, and the rest of us who enable them, but I want to begin with a parable. The subject matter of the parable is not exactly ...