The Friend/Enemy Distinction
A robust Christian politics must be strong and bold, willing to identify enemies.
Latest Articles
The Direct Connection Between BLM and Hamas
If I see you marching in a BLM rally, I’m going to assume you side with Hamas.
Church
Wokeness in Conservative Lutheran Circles?
Running an orthodox church body of nearly 2 million in revolutionary times involves compromises.
The Secret to Retaking American Culture
Left-wing elites know a secret about society that many conservatives overlook: cultural change happens through elite institutions.
Review: Christendom: The Triumph of Religion
Heather’s book comes at an interesting time, namely the de-conversion from Christianity by the West en masse.
Amici Acrimony
Messengers never approved a mechanism to sign the Southern Baptist Convention and its 45,000 churches on to this kind of brief.
Brothers, Don’t Be Steered
The world will frequently seek to co-opt God’s standards by maximizing their offense at certain sins while completely ignoring other sins.
Culture
Just what IS Israel?
The Bible is simply clear. “There is neither Jew nor Greek.”
Christian Men Should Pursue Strength
The best version of you is a stronger version.
Raiding Bugmen
There is an urge we should all have, and that which The Boniface Option recovers: a hatred for evil.
Identity as Idol
The Modern Cult of the Self There were earlier ages in which the fine arts flourished. But a defining characteristic […]
How a Converted Occult Tattoo Artist Put Big Eva to Shame
Her conversion upends the narrative about gospel advancement offered to the church by the evangelical elite.
Family
No Christian Nation, No Christian Family
What we do is not merely a sum of what each one of us individually does.
Profane Sacrament
It’s the closest a mortal can come to striking at God’s very nature, outside of Calvary’s cross.
The Leaven of Egalitarianism
In seeking to defend Christianity, Pearcey has unfortunately redefined traditional Christian teaching.
Divorce and Toxic Femininity
The victory of feminism created restless women—dissatisfied with home, confused about their bodies, never sufficiently honored at work—who blame society’s phobias for their problems.
For My Sons
Trapped in this vast no man's land, some are seeking refuge under a new banner.
Forum
Be More than Pagan, But Not Less Than Pagan
Godliness must be encouraged and ungodliness combated, the opposite conclusion of modern evangelicals.
Dobbs Defeated
All laws tell men how to live.
A Thanksgiving Plea to Baptists
Drop the Persecution Complex, Embrace Your Tradition
The Great Man and Christian History
Commentary on Edward Barnard's election sermon
What is a Holy Commonwealth?
An introduction to Richard Baxter's seminal text is long overdue for Protestants.
Reports
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.
Wide Awoke at Grove City College?
Sad to say, but American higher education is littered with once-venerable Christian colleges and universities that have succumbed to the spirit of the age. If any school were immune to this trend, one would think it would be Grove City College, an institution not only grounded in Biblical orthodoxy and the conservative intellectual tradition but also with a history of vigorously defending its mission and identity.
Resources
The Snare Broken
A Thanksgiving discourse
A Sermon Delivered Upon the Late National Thanksgiving
February 19, 1795 Introduction Born in 1731 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, Samuel West graduated from Harvard in 1754. He later married […]
Marvelous Things Done by the Right Hand and Holy Arm of God
A Thanksgiving Sermon for the Reduction of Cape Breton, 1745
A Sermon Preached before His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq.
An election sermon from colonial Massachusetts by Edward Barnard.
The Character of a Good Ruler
He must be Just, Ruling in the Fear of God.
Society
The Friend/Enemy Distinction
A robust Christian politics must be strong and bold, willing to identify enemies.
The Direct Connection Between BLM and Hamas
If I see you marching in a BLM rally, I’m going to assume you side with Hamas.
On “Necessity” and Tragic Morality
God does not oblige us to break the very laws that are derived from His eternal Being.
The Future Belongs To Those Who Build It
Is there a way to make that is consistent with the patterns of creation?
The Rutherford Option
Political order, governance, political power… these are all aspects of a divine institution—the state.
State
Providence and Empire
I am assuming America’s imperial epoch, has been, on balance, better than worse for the US and the world.
Politics and Law
The basis of contemporary human law consists in the moral core of biblical law that is perpetually binding.
Revealing the Regime
Much if not most of the Regime’s power is not subject to political control.
Freedom and Tyranny
Modern claims about human rights are limitless, built as they are on the sinking sand of pure subjectivism.
The Power of Nationalism: A Defense
The power of nationalism is the power to once again govern for the common good of all Americans.