There was a time when politics was understood not simply as the maneuverings of special interest groups seeking power, but as a way of talking about the best ways for human beings to live together in the world. Yoram Hazony’s new book, Conservatism: A Rediscovery, is firmly situated in this older understanding of politics. It is also a brilliant, moving, and compelling account of what it means to be a conservative in today’s world
Whatever its genesis and cause—some suggest Karl Barth’s infamous “Nein!” to Emil Brunner—Protestants largely abandoned the natural law tradition sometime amidst the tumultuous twentieth century. It should be noted that this abandonment conspicuously coincided with the advent of a positivist Supreme Court led by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and his militant campaign from the bench to detach law from a “brooding omnipresence in the sky.”
And Hope for its Revival I was driving around where I live a few days after Halloween and noticed something: […]
We Must Return to the Strength of Calvin's Teachings
A Critique of The Widening of God's Mercy by Richard Hays
On the 1789 American Edition of the Book of Common Prayer
Understanding the PCA’s Baptismal Doctrine
Part II: The Dark Age of the Mind
Toward a Revival of Identity and Beauty Introduction It truly is necessary for a nation to develop an art and […]
A Review of Religion & Republic by Miles Smith
A Critique of the Vitalist Phenomenon
Part 1: The Dark Age of the Mind
A Review of The Opt-Out Family: How to Give Your Kids What Technology Can’t
A Review of Pro-Child Politics: Why Every Cultural, Economic, and National Issue is a Matter of Justice for Children, Edited by Katy Faust
Lashing Out In Rage At Their Own Poor Life Choices
The Trials of Having a NICU Baby
A Review of DeTrans: True Stories of Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult by Mary Margaret Olohan
Toward Evangelical Alternatives
On David Platt’s Radicalism Along with 612,000 other people, I watched a video by Rev. David Platt, posted on X, […]
This article is an edited excerpt from Simon P. Kennedy’s forthcoming book Against Worldview: Reimagining Christian Formation as Growth in Wisdom (Lexham Press, 2024).
The Political Future of Evangelicals Over the summer, Evangelicals complained about being underrepresented at the RNC. Too much was made […]
A Response to Kevin DeYoung Over the summer, Kevin DeYoung entered the apparently emerging debate over the congruence of the […]
Brent Refuses To Be Managed; The Trustees Refuse To Do Their Job
The repeated quashing of the majority of the messengers has raised reasonable doubts about the integrity of the process
The amendment passed overwhelmingly with the support of approximately 80% of the SBC’s messengers by raised ballot.
“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)
Whether women can be pastors in the SBC seems increasingly likely to be decided by a popularity contest over Rick Warren.
An Election Resource Brought to You By American Reformer
An Appeal to Republican Government and Restoration in France
A Sermon Preached Before the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut Introduction Edward Dorr (1722-1772) was the pastor of […]
A 1735 Election Day Sermon Introduction Like so many of the preachers we republish here at American Reformer, we know […]
A Dudleian Lecture by Ebenezer Gay, May 9, 1759
Disinformation in the Modern Republic
Evangelicals Should Capitalize on Trump’s Victory
Silence is not an option Christians have long wrestled with how best to engage the political process, and few things […]
Trump, Harris, and the Future of the Nation
Courage Is Contagious
The Return of the Statesmanship of the Past
A Review of Johnathan Gienapp’s Against Constitutional Originalism
Evangelicals and America’s Constitutional Order
Why Good Government Trump’s Popular Government
Human Civilization is the Struggle Between Great Men & Hordes of Mediocre Statesmen
