Education for Political Animals
The truth is that the Western tradition simply refuses to acknowledge a dichotomy between education’s transcendent and earthly ends.
Latest Articles
Perversion is Not Christian
Christians should not accept the essential premise of Revoice, namely, that what is unchosen is “inborn,” “natural,” and above all “not shameful”
Church
Perversion is Not Christian
Christians should not accept the essential premise of Revoice, namely, that what is unchosen is “inborn,” “natural,” and above all “not shameful”
The Evolution of Protestant Politics
The state cannot be neutral with regard to the Church. It has a responsibility to protect and support it in its work.
Against Brokenness Theology
We must eliminate its patterns of speech from our sermons, songs, writings, and even our everyday speech.
Different From and Different For
There is something about the way God made men and women that makes men suitably fit for pastoral work in ways that are unfitting for women.
Why the SBC Is Worth Fighting For
Real institutions take great care over many generations to build. The SBC’s 175+ year legacy is worth fighting for.
Culture
Education for Political Animals
The truth is that the Western tradition simply refuses to acknowledge a dichotomy between education’s transcendent and earthly ends.
Moscow Magnanimity
There is a greatness of soul to the figureheads of the Moscow Mood, especially in their habitual joviality.
Saints Versus Statesmen
We seek to cultivate mere citizens, and even statesmen; it would be better to cultivate saints.
How Plain-Spoken Courage Can Move the Overton Window
The Overton window keeps people silent, allowing them to press their propaganda even further.
Sleeper Cell Schools and the Mandate to Rule
Christian schools instill in students a sense of purpose and destiny, challenging them to be catalysts for change.
Family
Do Not Deprive One Another
I've now been told that emotional intimacy is definitional to marriage, while sex is optional.
Therapeutic Antinomianism
One could say that therapeutic thinking serves as one of the chief supports of a heresy that plagues the church today.
Raising Neurotic Wrecks
Shrier outlines the problem: therapy and therapeutic concepts are ubiquitous today and parents are quick to find therapeutic solutions for everything.
Phyllis Schlafly’s Tragic Failure
In the mainstream, mothers are forgotten or held in contempt, while girlbosses are glorified.
IVF and the GOP’s Warped Priorities
“By the numbers, the baby-making industry is responsible for the destruction of more little lives than the baby-taking industry.”
Forum
Kitsch Catharsis
Review of Andrew Garland’s Civil War “My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better […]
But What If We Win?
Commentary on John Davenport Consternation from certain wings of Evangelicalism over Christian nationalism consistently ignores threshold questions for essential any […]
Ordained by Heaven
Commentary on Joseph Lyman’s 1787 election sermon Ben Dunson has an excellent column out today combatting misconceptions in the resurgent […]
Esoteric Dune
Denis Villeneuve: Corrupter of the Youth Knowing where the trap is—that’s the first step in evading it. This is like […]
Abortion is Shameful, Act Like It
The left for a century has changed culture before law, turning the unimaginable into the standard, through relentless campaigns of public shaming.
Reports
Lifting the Fog on the SBC Finances
The repeated quashing of the majority of the messengers has raised reasonable doubts about the integrity of the process
BREAKING: SBC Decisively Approves Law Amendment, Restores Male-Only Pastorship
The amendment passed overwhelmingly with the support of approximately 80% of the SBC’s messengers by raised ballot.
How Many Female Pastors are in the SBC?
“While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.” (Baptist Faith and Message)
Mr. Smith Goes to the Convention
Whether women can be pastors in the SBC seems increasingly likely to be decided by a popularity contest over Rick Warren.
The SBC Sexual Abuse Report and its Consequences
Leaders and messengers of the SBC need to start having reasoned discussions about these matters now. The SBC will need leaders who have discernment, moral clarity and a backbone. Those running for leadership in the SBC must use their platforms in the coming two weeks to lead the way on deliberations about proposing constructive paths forward.
Resources
Magistracy: An Institution of Christ Upon the Throne
A 1744 Election Sermon Introduction We know little about James Allin (1692-1747) (also spelled “Allen”)—a common name on both sides […]
The Health and Happiness of the Body Politic
Preached at Coventry, April 1781. Introduction Most of what we publish at American Reformer resources is election sermons. Today was […]
God Ruling the Nations for the Most Glorious End
A sermon, in presence of His Excellency, and both houses of Assembly. Hartford, May 13th, 1784 Introduction Relatively little is […]
A Discourse About Civil Government
In a Plantation Whose Design is Religion Introduction In the introduction of yesterday’s resources installment, it was mentioned that John […]
An Election Sermon
Preach’d at the Election of the Governour, at Boston in New-England, May 19, 1669 Introduction John Davenport (1597-1670) lived a […]
Society
The Angry Kulak
America’s white kulaks have a more legitimate claim to rage than just about any other demographic in the country.
Donald Trump, Abortion, and Big Eva
In Trump, we have an imperfect ally who nevertheless has achieved crucial pro-life victories.
Martin Luther King: American Saint, Christian Apostate
I am here today to say that a Christian has no obligation to speak “lightly” about such things. Much the opposite.
Defending Life in America
Evangelicals and Southern Baptists are eager to support candidates who display unflinching courage.
Have The Courage To Declare Christ Is King
The point is to strip Christians of any meaningful political power by preying on their weakness for tolerance.
State
The Nature of the American Regime
There is good reason then that the Right—along with increasing numbers of Americans—is distrustful of our public institutions.
Why Does America Have Religious Liberty?
It’s hard to imagine a more frivolous jurisprudence than one tied to an ahistorical reading of a few authors.
Self Accountable Government
Agencies increasingly are “laundering” executive branch policy into “‘unreviewable’ and ‘unchallengeable’ pieces.”
Free Speech Ain’t What it Used to Be
As I type these words the NatCon Conference in Belgium is in the midst of being shut down by Belgian police, at the order of the mayor of Brussels.
In The Shadow of the Empire
Your tax dollars are actively seeking the demise of a Christian leader who has brought prosperity to his people.